ku monks to hisassistance, the cloistered Emperor of the senior branch, Go-Fushimi,despatched an urgent Thus far, except for the important issues involved and theunnatural division of the forces engaged, this Hogen tumult would nothave differed materially from many previous conflicts. Tadatsune had another son, Tsunemasa,who was appointed vice-governor of Shimosa and who is generallyspoken of as Chiba-no-suke. He wasalso granted the office of kwanryo.
Hence it became customary for provincial governors not to proceed inperson to the place of their function. Prayers were offered, liturgies were chanted, and incense wasburned at many temples and shrines throughout the empire. These puissant captainshad castles and armies of their own. This step does not seem to havecaused any concern to the Bakufu officials.
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