Despite all these successes, the shōgun's forces were unable to crush the defense of the dynasty of the South, as his own armies were often rent by the disloyalty and mutual jealousy of his immediate followers. Even his brother Tadayoshi, to whose stout support Takauji's success was largely due, and his son Yoshiakira, were alienated from him. His generals and warriors had been attracted to him only from ambition and selfishness, and now they readily threw off their fealty. Many a soldier vacillated between the two sovereigns, serving the one who suited his own interested motives the better. Takauji died in Kyōto in 1357, and was succeeded by his son, Yoshiakira. The latter was followed in 1368 by Yoshimitsu. In the meantime, the prestige of the Southern dynasty had further been impaired, until finally, in 1393, the Southern sovereign Gokameyama, handed over the insignia to his Northern rival, Gokomatsu, and the two dynasties being thus united, Gokomatsu ascended the throne as the hundredth emperor of Japan. FOOTNOTES: [1] Reference to the following table will make the genealogical issues clear: 88. Emperor Gosaga, 1243-1247. | JIMYŌ-IN LINE. | DAIKAKU-JI LINE. +---------------------+ | | 89. Emperor Gofukakusa, 1247-1266. 90. Emperor Kameyama, 1266-1276. | | 92. Emperor Fushimi, 1288-1299. 91. Emperor Gouda, 1276-1288. | | +-----------------+ +--------------------+ | | | | 93. Emperor 95. Emperor 94. Emperor 96. Emperor Gofushimi, Hanazono, Gonijō, Godaigo, 1299-1301. 1308-1319. 1301-1308. 1319-1339. [2] Table showing genealogy and chronology of the Northern and Southern dynasties. DYNASTY OF THE SOUTH. 96. Emperor Godaigo, [1319-] 1336-1339. | 97. Emperor Gomurakami, 1339-1368. | +----------------------------------+ | | 98. Emperor Chōkei, 1368-1370. 99. Emperor Gokameyama, 1370-1393. DYNASTY OF THE NORTH. (I. Kōgon, 1332-1336.) II. Kōmyō, 1336-1349. | +----------------------------+ | | III. Sūkō, 1349-1352. IV. Gokōgon, 1352-1372. | V. Goenyū, 1372-1383. | VI. Gokomatsu, 1383-1393 [-1413]. In the year 1393 A. D. the two dynasties became united in the person of a single sovereign, Gokomatsu. Chapter IX THE MUROMACHI PERIOD. 1393-1573