But the auspicious eventhad to be heavily paid for, since the Bakufu officials were obligedto pledge themselves to expel foreigners within ten years. Finally the monks of Hiei-zan swept down on Hongwan-ji,applied the torch to the great temple, and compelled the abbot,Kenju, to fly for his life. This rescriptindicated three courses, one of which the shogun was asked to choose:namely, first, that he himself shou It is recorded that apeasant was exiled for throwing a stone at a pigeon, and that one manwas put to death for ca
l the great captains andstatesmen of the age had their origin and found their chief sphere ofaction. Chutsz may be said to exalt learnedtheories and principles, and Wang to extol practice. In 1461, Masatomo, brother ofYoshimasa, had been nominated governor-general (kwanryo) of the eighteastern provinces. ble (shugo)and a land-steward (jito), these officials being nominated fromKamakura, while Yoritomo himself beca