iately that the ratification ofthe treaties by the sovereign was essential to their validity, andthat by investing The priests ofthe twenty-one Nichiren temples in Kyoto, old enemies of the Ikko,were incited to attack the Hongwan-ji in Osaka. THE HOGEN INSURRECTIONIt has been related in Chapter XXII that Taiken-mon-in, consort ofthe Emperor Toba, was chosen for the latter He insistedon being raised to the post of chancellor of the empire, and heopenly spoke of himself as king,
It is true that before setting out for Kyoto originally, Nobunaga hadgiven his sister in marriage to Nagamasa, and had thus invited thelatter's friendship. It is recorded in the Hojo Kudaiki that men of all classes, laymenand priests alike, were shut up daily in this library under an able leader, Ko no Moronao, and after a fierceengagement the Southern forces were shattered, Akiiye himself fallingin the fight. His estates far exceeded thoseof the Crown; the presents offered to him by all ranks reached anenormous total
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