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Updated: June 23, 2025

During his brief tenure of power Chokei's extensive plans for the capture of Kyoto did not mature, but he had the satisfaction of seeing the whole island of Kyushu wrested from Ashikaga hands. It was, in truth, the final success. The decade of comparative quiet that ensued on the main island proved to be the calm before the storm.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era