Coming intopower at the age of thirteen, his natural giddiness of character issaid to have been deliberately encouraged Presently Kiyomori learned that the prince had escaped to Onjo-ji(Miidera). TheBuddhists of the Shin sect, founded by Shinran Shonin (1184-1268),which had for headquarters the great temple Hongwan-ji in Kyoto, werefrom the outset hostile to the monks of Enryaku-ji. Ifthere be such a thankless and disloyal person, and if he conceivetreacherous designs, I, Masamune, will be the first to attack him andstrike him down.
Doubtless, this sortie, which ended so disastrously for theRussians, was prompted in part by anticipation of vided that Keiki was appointed shogun; theimportant fact being thus established that domestic politics hadtaken precedence of foreign. The integrity of heart preached by hisfollowers in Japan has become a national heritage of which allJapanese are proud. Againrecourse was had to the most cruel methods.
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