These reflected the change which the spirit of thenation was undergoing in its passage from the delicacy and weaknessof the Fujiwara type to the strength, directness, and dignity of thebushi's code. Not to bea Taira was not to be a man. It is claimed by some of Nobunaga's biographers that hewas perfectly honest in presenting this memorial, but others, whosejudgment appears to be Kiyomori carried with him to Fukuhara the boy-Emperor (Antoku), theex-Emperor (Takakura), the cloistered
They relied wholly upon the sovereign's prerogative, andstood aloof from alliances of any kind, apparently indifferent toeverything but their duty to their country. The representatives of one, the senior,branch had their headquarters at Muromachi in Kyoto and held theoffice of shogun as a hereditary right. ssels did actually appear in the Satsuma waters,but, instead of making any stay there, passed on to the c To these he caused to be distributed presents of money orpensions, and he directed the litterateurs of the Hayashi family towrite the biographies of the recipients of such rewards.
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