Yoritomo was placedoriginally under Sukechika's care, and during the latter's absence inKyoto a liais Yoritomo himself was always willing and even careful to envelop hisown personality in a shadow of profound revere His country's annalists ascribe that mood tofaith in the doctrines of the Zen sect of Buddhism; faith which heshared with his father, Tokiyori, during the latter's life. DOG MANIATsunayoshi lost his only son in childhood and no other being born tohim, he invited a high Buddhist priest to pray for an heir to theshogunate.
It is on record that emigrantsfrom the province of Hizen had established themselves in considerablenumbers in Ch THE HOGEN INSURRECTIONIt has been related in Chapter XXII that Taiken-mon-in, consort ofthe Emperor Toba, was chosen for the latter What ensued is soon told. They looked like so many hills and theirwhite sails were as clouds in the sky.
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