It is my purpose to treatyou all without distinction as my hereditary vassals. Acting on this conviction and aided by an extraordinary gift ofpersuasive eloquence, he often won great victories without anybloodshed. ment of the couplet-tournament(uta awase) which had had a certain vogue in the Nara epoch and wasnow a furore at Court. Judges were appointedto examine their pleas, but that proved a tedious task, and in themeanwhile all the best lands had been given away by favour oraffection.
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