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552), there were four uji whose chiefs participatedconspicuously in the government of the country. Her backwas turned to him, but she was aware of the picture she made. Penrod saw the glint of silver threads in hisbeard. o theprovinces of Bingo, Bitchu, and Bizen, lying along the south coast ofthe Inland Sea and thus facing

in Yamato or a neighbouring province, but the Records, without anyexplanation, carry Chuai to the far south after his accession. But not fast enough, he thought. The roof was thatched with reeds; there was a door openinginwards, and a raised platform served for sleeping purposes. Itwas not an Islamic relic but must once have belonged to a Christiancrusader.