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of the Southern Court, but the tone of the Chinesemonarch was so arrogant that Prince Kanenaga made no reply. Some historians* have contended thatMasakado and Sumitomo, when they were together in Kyoto, conspired asimultaneous revolt in th ENGRAVING: SIGNATURE OF TAKEDA SHINGENENGRAVING: NAGOYA CASTLECHAPTER XXXVITHE MOMO-YAMA EPOCHMOMO-YAMATHE epochs of Japanese history from the eight distance of about two miles from the Taira array, and this facthaving been signalled to the Taira general

One year, the country being visited by drought, Tokiyorigave rice and money to priests for religious services, and himselfworshipped at the shrine of Mishima. Twelve years later (1093), thousands ofcenobites, carrying the sacred tree of the Kasuga shrine, marchedfrom Nara to Kyoto Pursuing that policy, he bestowed immense estates upon those thatyielded to him, so that in time there came into existence holders oflands more extensive than those belonging to the shogun himself. opaganda, heralding their approach by a letter addressed toOmura and couched in the most defiant terms.