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This inscription had been composed andwritten by a high Buddhist prelate, Seikan, reputed to be one of thegreatest scholars and most skilful calligraphists of his time. The giantBenkei soon found himself praying for life and swearing allegiance tohis boy conqueror, an oath which h That such a peril should have been dreaded from such a source seemsstrange; but the Buddhist priests had shown a very dangerous tempermo thers who have beennot unjustly described as the real motive force that brought aboutthe Restoration of 1867.

PRINCES AND PRIESTSAs to the fact that, from the close of the Heian epoch, the cloisteroften proved a p aused men to cry out that the precincts of the sacred city of Kyotowere in danger of desecration by barbarian feet. naka | (of Kiso) | +----------+---------+-----------+------------+ | | | | ected thelatter, but because he appreciated that if Hiei-zan joined Miidera,the situation would become formidable.