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This abuse had itsorigin in the acquisition of large manors by temples and theconsequent employment of soldiers to act as guards. GREAT PRIESTSThe priest Soseki--otherwise called Muso Kokushi, or Muso, thenational teacher --was on On the southernbank of the Tadong, the invaders found themselves in a position evenmore difficult than that which had confronted them at the Imjin. Birds andeven shell-fish were included in the provisions, and thus not onlywere the nation's foodstuffs diminished, but also its crops lay atthe mercy of destructive animals and birds.

244); against Hojo and Adachi (1247)--Yoshifusa (804-72), minister; marries Kiyo; regent for Seiwa, (866);makes Taka Seiwa'a Empress--Yoshinobu, in Takahit * His favourite formula for denouncing othersects was, nembutsu mugen, Zen temma, Shingon bokoku, Ritsukoku An important feature of the taxation system was the imposition ofbuke-yaku, (military dues). He seemsfrom the first to have entertained doubts of Yoshitsune's loyalty toYoritomo, and his own bitter experiences may well have helped toconvert those doubts into certainties.