Yoshisada and his brother Yoshisuke escaped to Soma-yama andrallied their partisans to the number of three thousand. Meanwhile, his trust inYorimasa remaining still unshaken, he sent him to attack Onjo-ji,which mission the old Minamoto warrior fulfilled by entering themonastery and joining forces with the prince. By a learned Japanese philosopher (Dr. It seems rather to havebeen against the Jesuits that his resentment was directed, for he didnot fail
e shogun's palace by one of thejunior ministers, Inaba Masayasu, who met his death immediately atthe hands of the bystanders. Probably the truth lies midway between the two extremes. **Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th edition; article Japan, byBrinkley. When thefirst tidings of the invasion reached the capital, the protection ofheaven was at once invoked by services at Ise and ten other shrines.
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