She gavebirth to two princes and five princesses, and the house of Konoe,which had been instrumental in procuring her summons to the Court,became the leader of the Go-sekke. Various considerations deterred him. he Yamana family, which was thensupreme in no less than ten provinces, or nearly one-sixth of allJapan. His eldest son, Nobutada, who had just returned from the campaign inthe east, followed his father to Kyoto, and was sojourning in thetemple Myogaku-ji when news reached him of Mitsuhide's treachery.
Thereupon secret negotiations were opened between Rokuharaand Enryaku-ji (Hiei-zan), not that the Taira chief susp But the two operations were radicallydifferent in their character. But Otoko-yama surrendered before this succour reached it, and theNitta brothers then combined their forces to operate against theAshikaga. If theseinjunctions be obeyed, the deities of heaven and earth and theancestral Kami will protect the virtuous army in its assault upon thewicked traitors.
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