It canscarcely be denied that Sadanobu exercised his power in an extremeand unwise manner on this occasion. It has been shown that by the Chinese masters of strategy whose workswere studied in Japan the art of espionage was placed on a highpinnacle. Yoritomo would probably have deferred conclusive action in suchcircumstances had there not reached him from Miyoshi Yasunobu inKyoto a This edictstartled the Bakufu.
By the Emperor's orders, the Taira chief, Kiyomori, executedhis uncle, Tadamasa; by the Emperor's orders, though not He invited Keichu to his castleand treated him with marked consideration. Tokimasa, as a Taira, should have been wholly antipathetic. Thenceforth, however, it was really a race between the two armies asto which should form the van.
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