In other words, the Imperialists held the group of provinces formingthe northern littoral of the Inland Sea and commanded the approachesfrom the south. There was no sovereign. After the Go-sannen outbreak he succeededto the six districts of Mutsu which had been held by the insurgentchiefs. The development of the cha-no-yu ismainly due to Shuko, a priest of the Zen sect of Buddhism, who seemsto have co
ng Yoritomo at that time, was invited to visitKamakura where he would have been received with honour; but he een totalruin, on the one hand, and comparative prosperity at the sacrifice ofconstancy, on the other. Minamoto Tametomo Taira no Tadamasa Taira no Kiyomori, nephew of TadamasaSutoku's party occupied the Shirakawa palace. Katsuiye's end is one of the most dramatic incidents in Japanesehistory.
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