. The mikado's empire. owed from those of beautiful and attractive objects or ofauspicious omens, and were usually not changed at marriage or throughout made use during life of a number of appellations given them, or assumedon the occasions of birth, reaching adult age, oflfieial promotion, change of life; 118 THE MIKADOS EMPIRE. the greatest rival of tlie Taira, and the father of Yoritomo, one of theablest men in Japanese history. The star of Minamoto was in theascendant. Meanwhile the Taira shoguns, who had the military oversight ofthe South and West, achieved a succession of bril
. The mikado's empire. owed from those of beautiful and attractive objects or ofauspicious omens, and were usually not changed at marriage or throughout made use during life of a number of appellations given them, or assumedon the occasions of birth, reaching adult age, oflfieial promotion, change of life; 118 THE MIKADOS EMPIRE. the greatest rival of tlie Taira, and the father of Yoritomo, one of theablest men in Japanese history. The star of Minamoto was in theascendant. Meanwhile the Taira shoguns, who had the military oversight ofthe South and West, achieved a succession of brilliant victories. Asa reward for his services, the court bestowed the island of Tsushimaon Tadamori, the head of the house. It being a time of peace, Ta-damori came to Kioto to live, and while at court had a liaison withone of the palace lady attendants, whom he afterward married. Thefruit of this union was a son, who grew to be a man of stout boyhood he gave equal indications of his future greatness and his.
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