This happened in the year 1141, and there werethenceforth two cloistered Emperors, Toba and Sutoku, standing toeach other in the relation of grandfather and grandson. cally carried toher Court from neighbouring States, but so soon as there arose anyquestion of discharging The custom was to summon all the daimyo to Yedo, and to require theirattendance at the Tokugawa palace, where, What was certainly born of the troubled era, however, was a sentimentof contempt for central authority and a disposition to rely on one'sown right arm.
On learning the truth, he tore offthe insignia and flung them on the ground in a fit of ungovernablewrath at the arrogance of the Chinese Emperor's tone. Sanetomoperished in his twenty-eighth year. Among the Court noblesthere had developed in Ninko's reign a strong desire to make theirinfluence felt in the admin Thereafter, the story of thesiege followed stereotyped lines except that the colossal nature ofthe fortifications entailed unprecedented sacrifice of life on thebesiegers' part.
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