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Some thirty men and womenkilled themselves at the same time. In theyear 1081, the priest-soldiers of the latter set the torch to theformer, and, flocking to Kyoto in thousands, threw the capital intodisorder. Hewas not prepared, however, and the result was that he found himselfmenaced by Yoshikage's army in front and by Nagamasa's in rear. Yasutoki received these gracious overtures with a silent obeisance,and taking up his quarters at Rokuhara, proceeded to arrest thelea

| +--------------+-------------+ | | 89th, Go-Fukakusa (1246- them under his eye half the time and giving hostagesfor their good behaviour the other half; and it helped the growth ofYedo bo But even for one constitutionally so cautious, the pretensions of theTaira became intolerable. Thus, Yoshitsune survived, and in after ages peoplewere wont to say of Kiyomori's passion and its result that hisblissful dream of one night had brought ruin on his house.