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Back to back print. In 1331, the Hojo clan exiled the Emperor Go-Daigo to Oki Island. In 1333 Go-Daigo escaped Oki in a fishing boat, landing eventually in Katami. Its lord, Nawa-no-Nagashige, was an adherent to the Imperial cause, who cordially welcomed Go-Daigo. As there was no palanquin available in which to carry the Emperor, who was scarcely able to walk, Nagashige covered Go-Daigo's armor with straw matting and carried him on his back. Go-Daigo was taken to the mountain fortress of Funanoe where, when word of the Emperor's escape got out, loyal samurai flocked to the Imperial cause. The Emperor retook Kyoto, but his policies alienated many of his major supporters. These overthrew Go-Daigo and replaced him with a more biddable ruler. Go-Daigo set up an alternate capital which came to be known as the Southern Court, which lasted until 1392. The print depicts the landing of Go-Diago. The enfeebled emperor kneels on the shore with straw padding placed on his armor. Nagashige bends over him in preparation to lifting him. The fishing boat in which Go_Daigo escaped bobs in the background; small waves break around its bow on the shore.(Frank Brinkley, "A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era," pp. 382-33.)
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