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He sent Atsumori's head and a flute found on hisperson to the youth's father, Tsunemori, and he himself en On the contrary, the sceptrefell to Shoko--101st sovereign--son of Go-Komatsu. ns of war, whereas by givingthese for a religious purpose, they would invoke the blessings ofheaven and promote their own prosperity. vantages for the prosecution of an attackupon Port Arthur, which fortress it was now evident that the Japanesehad determined to capture.

Contemporaneouswith these litterateurs was the renowned Ogyu Sorai, whose profoundknowledge of finance and of administrative affairs in general madehim of great value to the Bakufu. Section 2. Thus, the year 1180 closed upon a disastrous state of affairs for theTaira, no less than ten provinces in the east having fallenpractically under Minamoto sway. ected thelatter, but because he appreciated that if Hiei-zan joined Miidera,the situation would become formidable.