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t time, should be preparing topass into China over the northern boundary of Korea, namely, the YaluRiver. But Keiki was not really an advocate of national seclusion. Retreat was now impossible, however. This Yorimasawas an expert bowman, a skilled soldier, and an adept versifier,accomplishments not infrequently combined in one person during theHeian epoch.

An attempt was made to set up a rival candidate forthe throne in the person of the Imperial lord-abbot of the Uenomonaste These musicians developedremarkable skill of elocution, and simulated passion so that insucceeding ages they never lost their popularity. atories who, judgingthat zeal in obeying the edict would prove a passport to officialreward, acted on that conviction. It left theflank of the westward-marching troops constantly exposed to attackfrom the coast where the Taira fleet had fu