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It is recorded that on the way thither he prayed atthe shrine of Hachiman, the tutelary deity of his family: Grant meto become sei-i-shogun and to guard the Imperial Court. Yoshitsune was awakened and hastily armed on thisoccasion by his beautiful mistress, Shizuka, who, originally adanseuse of Kyoto, followed him for love's sake in weal and in woe. If he resolvebravely to love and admire antiquity, there is no reason why heshould fail to acquire the ancient style in poetry as well as inother things. ruleselementary almost to affectation: to believe in the Kami; to riseearly in the morning; to go to bed while the

More than a year was spentdiscussing the issue, and it is recorded that Tsunayoshi appealed tothe prince-abbot of Ueno in order to secure his intervention in thecause of leniency. ENGRAVING: SILK TASSELENGRAVING: ITSUKUSHIMA JINJA (SHRINE), AT MIYAJIMACHAPTER XXVIITHE HOJOTHE HOJO IN Prince Shotoku was the first toappreciate China as the true source of religious learning, and by himpriests were sent across the sea to study. It wasinconclusive, and the attitude of mutual observation was resumed.