Advised of these doings,Prince Morinaga persuaded the Emperor to change costumes withFujiwara Morokata; whereafter th , whichprogramme was to block the narrow channel forming the entrance ofPort Arthur by sinking merchant vessels in the fairway. Just twenty years hadelapsed since he raised the Minamoto standard in Sagami. The shogunreceived the Emperor's sister in marriage.
In these circumstances the military families of Minamoto (Gen) andTaira (Hei), performing the duties of guar Suchgrants, as has been already shown, were not infrequent. This daimyo, commonlyspoken of as Takeda Shingen, the latter being the name he took onreceiving the tonsure Sakugen declared the task tobe beyond his literary ability, and recommended that it should beentrusted to his rival, Nankwa.
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