Benkei, the giant halberdier, had turned his back upon thepriesthood, and, becoming a free lance, conceived the ambition offorcibly collecting a thousand swords from their wearers. 1117) rebellion put down by Taira Masamori--Yoshihira, son of Yoshitomo--Yoshiiye (1041-1108); great archer; cal It has been shown that by the Chinese masters of strategy whose workswere studied in Japan the art of espionage was placed on a highpinnacle. ***The cho was equal to 10 tan, and the tan comprised 360 tsubo, thetsubo being a square of 6 feet side.
There was nooffspring of this union, and when, in 1166, Motozane died, he left afive-year-old son, Motomichi, born of his wife, a Fujiwara lady. t exist, there are now fully11,000 factories giving employment to 700,000 operatives, and thenumber of joint-stock companies aggregates 9000. Their conception oflearning on the part of the sovereign was limited to the compositionof Japanese verselets. 1507)--Tadaoki (1564-1645), discloses plot against Ieyasu; tries to killIshida; helps Ieyasu--Takakuni (d.
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