orcelain, using materials obtained from China, as the existence ofJapanese supplies was not yet known. vement, detached a large force to oppose him, and thenrecalled these troops too late for the purpose of checking GeneralNogi's flanking operation. THE SIXTY-SEVENTH SOVEREIGN, THE EMPEROR SANJO (A. YetJapan accords to Yoshitsune the first place among her great captains.
Yasutoki's loyalty was of a muchmore whole-hearted type: he recognized the occupant of the throne asaltogether sacrosanct. But these seven were the trusty and stalwartcomrades who had accompanied Yoshitsune from Mutsu and had shared allthe vicissitudes of his career. Sanjo Sanemori, a formercouncillor of State, was arrested on suspicion, but his examinationdisclosed nothing. Rumour said that he had fallen in his first battle atIshibashi-yama.
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