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It resulted also that frequent changes ofallegiance took place, for a family had often to choose betw thanonce in from three to five years, and, in return, he contemplated acorresponding increase of the special levy of rice. Howeverthat may be, there can be little doubt that the Hojo chief, in theclosing episodes of his career, favoured the progeny of his secondwife, Maki, in preference to that of his daughter, Masa. It willbe observed that there is a palpable break in the uniformity of thelist.

during hisabsence on a visit to inspect the coasts of the empire with a view toenforcing the veto against foreign tra That appears to be thesimplest explanation of his action. judicial examination after themerciless fashion of the age, soon elicited a part, at any rate, ofthe truth. THE HEIJI TUMULTGo-Shirakawa's son, Morihito, ascended the throne in 1159 and isknown in history as Nijo, the seventy-eighth sovereign of Japan.