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Up to the time of the third shogun(Iemitsu), the duty of reading aloud the laws at the solemnceremonial of the new shogun's investiture d Anyone denouncing a propagandist received large reward,and the people were required to prove their orthodoxy by tramplingupon a picture of Christ. There are families who for special reasons from of old have(inherited) the privilege of riding in palanquins withou Go-Murakamiescaped to Kanao, and presently the Nitta family in the east and theKitabatake in the west showed such activity that the Southern causere

ButTadamori advanced boldly and, seizing the demon, found that it was anold man wearing straw headgear as a protection against the rain, andcarrying a lamp to kindle the light at the shrine. ies and thus, in addition to the sept name (uji or sei), therecame into existence a territorial name (myoji or shi). But Kiyomori seems to havethought that as the centres of Taira strength lay in the south andwest of the empire, the province of Settsu would be a more convenientcitadel than Kyoto. r mother,together with the regalia--the mirror, the sword, and thegem--retired westward, followed by the whole remnant of his clan.