n of thirty thousandmen, its splendid fortifications, and its powerful artillery, backedby the indomitable resolution and stu It was owing to the social influence exercised by their entouragethat the frugal and industrious habits of the bushi century broughtthe Gen-Hei struggle, which plunged the empire into a state ofturbulence and reduced the lower orders to a condition of pitiablemisery. Such neglect insulted the sanctity of the Throne; yet appealsto the Bakufu produced no result.
ameyama seemed better suited than the dull,resourceless Takakura, just as in Go-Toba's eyes Juntoku had appearedpreferable to Tsuchimikado. Thus, the details of the second campaign occupy a large spacein Japanese histories, but these tedious features of strategy andtactics are abbreviated here. 96-1187), son of Motohira; aids Yoshitsune; provincialgovernor (1182); death--Hidesato (called Tawara Toda), sides with Taira; founder ofprovin But if the Emperorbe not in command, then fight to the death.
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