It is recorded to Ashikaga Takauji's credit that, when the news reached Kyoto, he ordered five days' mourning; that he himself undertook to transcribe a sacred volume by way of supplication for the repose of Go-Daigo's spirit, and that he caused a temple to be built for the same purpose. Of course, these events cast a cloud over the fortunes of the Southern Court, but its adherents did not abate their activities. Everywhere they mustered in greater or less force. The clearest conception of their strength may be obtained by tabulating the names of their families and of the latter's localities:
FAMILIES PROVINCES
Kitabatake Mutsu and Ise
Nitta Musashi, Shimotsuke, Echizen
Kusunoki Kawachi
Kojima, Sakurayama, Arii, Yoshikawa Sanyo-do
Nawa and Misumi Sanin-do
Kikuchi, Matsura, Kusano Saikai-do
Doi, Tokuno, Yuasa, Yamamoto Nankai-do
Ii Totomi