But I have done itmyself. Kiyomori had despatched abody of fifty thousand men under Koremori, and Yoritomo had decidedto meet this army on the banks of the Fuji river. Yoshimitsu at oncechanged his own brocade surcoat for the abbot's torn vestment, andsubsequently, when conducting his visitor on a boating excursion, theshogun carried the priest's footgear. 240) illustrates the lengthsto which pedantry was carried in matters of administration.
No sooner did this come to the cognizance ofNobukatsu than he caused these three retainers to be assassinated,and applied to Ieyasu for assistance, Ieyasu consented. The new Empress was dowered with an estate much larger thanthat of the Emperor himself, although the latter's allowance wasincreased by ten thousand koku. decide the issue, and that the rendering ofjustice by the chief of the Bakufu became thenceforth a notinfrequently practised habit. He went to the Kwanto for a candidate.
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