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Not that he had any sympathywith Christianity, about which he knew nothing, but solely because hewished to se a Chinese priest named Tao Lung, and that onDoryu's death he invited (1278) from China a famous bonze, C On August 15th of that year,Francis Xavier, a Jesuit priest, landed at Kagoshima. But ultimately three merchantvessels appeared in the offing and announced their willingness to putin provided that the anti-Christian ban was removed.

Moreover, when his elderbrother, the shogun Hidetada, repaired to the Imperial palace,Tadateru had pretended to be too ill to accompany him, though inreality he was engaged in a hunting expedition. The first approached Odawaraby the Hakone range and the second by way of the Usui pass. When this was reported to Yoritomo, he recalled his troops fromShinano, and asked Yoshinaka to send a hostage. The crucial point of the siege-operations was thecapture of a position called 203-Metre Hill.