
Episode 440 - Tipping the Balance
History of Japan
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The Story of Yoshi Toki Masa and Yoshi No Sane Tomo
The show gun, yoriee, was assassinated in the eighth lunar month of 12 o four under orders from the hojo. The third show gun, minamoto no sane tomo, made it a bit longer but he met the same unhappy fate. By this time, actual power tended to reside instead with members of the imperial house who would sit on the throne for a time and then abdicate. They would become jocal retired emperors.
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