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They have much interest as embodying the ethicsof the time in political circles. t stoutly at the head of a smallforce, thus setting an example of steadfast loyalty which ultimatelyproduced many imitators. Shigehira, in response to a petitionfrom the Nara priests whose fanes he had destroyed by Kiyomori'sorders, was handed over to the monks and put to death by them atNarasaka. The results were signal defeat for the Taira and thecarrying of the white flag by Yoshinaka into Echigo, Etchu, Noto, andKaga.

We have next a series ofinteresting instructions known as wall-writings of the castle ofOsaka:(1) Intermarriages between daimyo's families require the previousconsent of the Taiko. The Commanders of the Japanese and Russian forces in Manchuria shallagree upon the details of the evacua Men surrendering in battle will be pardoned fortheir previous offences, and will be rewarded for servicessubsequently rendered. He had to take the tonsure, surrender hispost of regent and go into exile in Izu, where he died, in 1215,after a decade of obscurity.