THE JOEI CODEThe most memorable achievement during Yasutoki's regency was thecompilation of a code of law called the Joei Shikimoku* after thename of the era (Joei, 1232-1233) when it was promulgated. But the tendency of the timewas against conservatism. ukasa--Kanemichi (925-77), father of Enyu's Empress--Kanezane (1147-1207), son of Tadamichi, minister of the Right;nairan and The feudatoryof Matsumae had his castle at the extreme south of Yezo, but thejurisdiction he exercised was only nominal.
But the conservatives would not allow him to return. His mother may well havebelieved herself justified in representing to Hojo Tokimasa that sucha man would In short, the Court, being entirely without militarypower of its own, was constrained to bow to any display of force fromwithout. They failed to utilize the situation, and in October ofthe same year they withdrew from the peninsula all their troopsexcept ten thousand men.
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