Shimazu Yoshihisa was the daimyo of one of the oldest and most
established clans in all of Japan during the Sengoku Jidai. From
their home in Satsuma province, they would eventually dominate nearly
all of Kyushu before being driven back to their ancestral home by the
upstart Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Our Shimazu clan has likewise been deposed this season. Thanks to
Isaac for fighting to the finish - your death is honorable

***TEAHOUSE COMMENTARY: Uesugi Kenshin and Shimazu Yoshihisa fail to
prevent the Mori advance into Iwami Coast in Yoshihisa's final act of
vengeance. The Chosokabe clan trades Bungo for Kii, and claims the
last of the Shimazu holdings. Suzuki Sadayu is not the only minor
daimyo to be erased from Japan's landscape this season either.
Mitsugi Yoritsuna of Hida also has met an untimely end at the hands of
the Dragon of Echigo, Uesugi Kenshin. To the south, the great battle
of the southern seas between the Chosokabe and Hojo is about to begin
in
earnest, as the Chosokabe armada forces the Hojo from their position
in the Pacific Ocean. Finally, Asakura Yoshikage reminds his
adversaries that he has not lost the art of the offensive, as he
forces the Chosokabe invaders from Harima while warding off an attack
on Settsu.

***HAIKU!!!
Homeless Shimazu,
now just an autumnal storm's
flotsam and jetsam.

***PLAYERS:

Shimazu Yoshihisa - Isaac Zinner (*eliminated 1573*)
Mori Motonari - Jim Atkins
Chosokabe Motochika - Jean-Luc Lefebvre
Asakura Yoshikage - Garry Bledsoe
Oda Nobunaga - Joe Babinsack
Takeda Shingen - Nathan Deily (*eliminated 1572*)
Uesugi Kenshin - Fredrik Blom
Hojo Ujiyasu - Michael Thompson

***RETREATS DUE:

Chosokabe A Harima can retreat to Bizen or OTB.

Hojo F Pacific Ocean can retreat to Kazusa, North Pacific Ocean, or OTB.

***NEXT DEADLINE:

Autumn 1573 Retreats will be due Friday, June 4th at 1700 EST. Winter
1573 Adjustments will be due no later than 1700 EST Tuesday, 8 JUNE
2010.

***ORDERS:

Shimazu:

F South Sea of Japan - Iwami Coast (*Bounce*)

Mori:

A Chikuzen - Bungo
A Hoki Supports F Inaba
F Inaba Supports F Iwami Coast - Sanin Coast
F Iwami - Iwami Coast (*Bounce*)
F Iwami Coast - Sanin Coast (*Fails*)
F Izumo Supports F Iwami Coast - Sanin Coast
F Kanmon Strait Supports F Iwami - Iwami Coast (*Fails*)

Chosokabe:

A Harima - Settsu (*Dislodged*)
F Hyuga Coast Hold
F Kii Straits Supports F Osaka Bay - Kii
F Kumano Sea - Pacific Ocean
F Osaka Bay - Kii
A Osumi Hold
F South Pacific Ocean Supports F Kumano Sea - Pacific Ocean
F Yamato Supports A Harima - Settsu

Asakura:

A Omi - Harima
F Sanin Coast Hold
A Settsu Supports A Omi - Harima
F Tango Supports F Sanin Coast
F Wakasa Bay Supports F Sanin Coast
A Yamashiro Supports A Settsu

Oda:

A Mikawa - Totomi (*Fails*)
A Mino Supports A Mikawa (*Ordered to Move*)

Uesugi:

A Echigo - Etchu
A Etchu - Hida
F North Sea of Japan - Sea of Japan (*Fails*)
A North Shinano Supports A Etchu - Hida
F Noto Supports F North Sea of Japan - Sea of Japan (*Fails*)
F Sea of Japan - Iwami Coast (*Bounce*)

Hojo:

F Izu - Sagami Bay
A Kai Supports A South Shinano (*Ordered to Move*)
F Pacific Ocean Supports F Izu - Sagami Bay (*Dislodged*)
F Sagami Bay - Totomi Sea
A South Shinano - Mino (*Fails*)
A Suruga Supports F Totomi
F Totomi Supports F Sagami Bay - Totomi Sea (*Cut*)

Neutral:

A Hida Supports A Mino - Echizen (*Dislodged*)
A Hitachi Hold
A Kii Supports A Settsu - Yamato (*Dislodged*)

***WINTER ADJUSTMENTS***

Shimazu: Supp 0 Unit 1 Remove 1
Mori: Supp 8 Unit 7 Build 1
Chosokabe: Supp 9 Unit 7 Build 2 (or 1 pending retreat)
Asakura: Supp 6 Unit 6 Build 0
Oda: Supp 3 Unit 2 Build 1
Uesugi: Supp 7 Unit 6 Build 1
Takeda: Supp 0 Unit 0 Build 0
Hojo: Supp 7 Unit 6 Build 1 (or 0 pending retreat)
Neutral: Supp 1 Unit 1 Build 0

Thanks!
B.
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