F. Brinkley
Published: 2018-03-15
Total Pages: 348
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Excerpt from Japan, Its History, Arts, and Literature, Vol. 2 By the beginning of the twelfth century, the military power, as distinguished from that of the Court and the priests, had fallen, in tolerably equal proportions, into the hands of two families, the Taira and the Minamoto.1 Both were de scended from Emperors, and both were divided into a number of clans established in different parts of the Empire. The Taira had their head quarters in Kyoto, and their clans were para mount in the provinces near the capital. The Minamoto's sphere of influence was in the north and east. It was inevitable that these two should come into collision. The events that immedi ately preluded the shock may be briefly dismissed by saying that they sprang out of a dispute about the succession to the Throne. The Taira tri umphed, and their leader, Kiyomori, became the autocrat of the hour. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.