In all the history of the empire down to thetwelfth century there had been only one departure from this rule, andthat was Then, in the Daiei era (1521-1528), the Miyoshi,vassals of the Hosokawa, came upon the scene in Awa. He totally despised the canons ofthe time as to costume and etiquette. Ichijo, Nijo, and Sanjo--andwere consequently able to suggest subjects for the sovereign'srescripts.
The priests ofHiei-zan received them with open arms, and they occupied on themonastery's commanding site, a position well-nigh impregnable, fromwhich they constantly menaced the capital. A samurai might-pass from theservice of the one to that of the other without doing any violence tohis reverence for the Throne. Her people were unprogressive; her resourcesundeveloped; her self-defensive capacities insignificant; hergovernment corrupt. Ienari had more than fifty daughters, all born of differentmothers, from which fact the dimensions of his harem may be inferred.
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