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The Taira leader, Munemori, and his son, Kiyomune, were takenprisoner, but Tomomori, Noritsune, and seven other Taira generalswere drowned. But his son Yoshitaka proved a weakling, and beingdefeated by his vassal, Suye Harukata--called also Zenkyo--hecommitted suicide, having conjured another vassal, Mori Motonari, toavenge him. The power fell into the hands of servants, and althoughthey never actually assumed the title, they were sovereigns in fact,while the Mikado became an utter nullity. ored; deathHokke, Hokke-shu, see Nichiren; Hokke-kyo-sutra, book of Nichirendoctrine; Hokke-ikki, war of

Works ofart were collected from all quarters to enhance the charm of a palaceconcerning which the bonze Sekkei declared that it could not beexchanged for paradise. ied, the only one remaining alive being Tsunayoshi, who, having beenborn in 1646, was now (1680) in his thirty-fourth year. When Chinese literature was imported into Japan, the people adoptedmany Chinese ideas, laws, customs, and practices, which they so mi A few, however, had sufficient foresight and courage toadvocate foreign intercourse.