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The question wasvehemently discussed at Kamakura, Go-Daigo being represented byFujiwara no Fujifusa, and Go-Fushimi by another noble. He called forplans and elevations upon the bases of those of the tenth century,and from the gates to the roofs he took care that everything shouldbe modelled on the old lines. The kith and kin of the Fujiwara, and evenof the Taira themselves, were drawn into the conspiracy, and althoughthe struggle fina Pursuing that policy, he bestowed immense estates upon those thatyielded to him, so that in time there came into existence holders oflands more extensive than those belonging to the shogun himself.

PLOTS AGAINST THE TAIRA: KIYOMORI'S LAST YEARSAll these arbitrary acts provoked indignation among every class ofthe people. But theday cannot be far distant when the growth of the population willoutstrip that of this essential staple, and unl It wasgenerally supposed that Iehisa would never return from this mission,but would remain in the camp of Shimazu. But death at thehands of a common executioner ought never to have been decreed forthe son of the u-daijin, and the cruelty of the order finds noexcuse.