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| ==== Yoshimasa And The Silver Pavilion - Donald Keene==== | ==== Yoshimasa And The Silver Pavilion — Donald Keene==== |
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| <blockquote>"When Sōzen read Tomiko’s letter, he reasoned that if Yoshimi succeeded to the post of shogun he would certainly favor Hosokawa Katsumoto, who had acted like a father to him, and that this would be disadvantageous to the Yamana family. Although Sōzen foresaw the likelihood of conflict between his allies and those of Katsumoto, this did not deter him, for a war would give him an opportunity to destroy his rivals. He told Tomiko that he would accept her request.17</blockquote> | <blockquote>"When Sōzen read Tomiko’s letter, he reasoned that if Yoshimi succeeded to the post of shogun he would certainly favor Hosokawa Katsumoto, who had acted like a father to him, and that this would be disadvantageous to the Yamana family. Although Sōzen foresaw the likelihood of conflict between his allies and those of Katsumoto, this did not deter him, for a war would give him an opportunity to destroy his rivals. He told Tomiko that he would accept her request.17</blockquote> |
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| <blockquote>This was the immediate cause of the Ōnin War, during which the Yamana family supported Yoshihisa, the son of Tomiko, against Yoshimi, who was supported by the Hosokawa. In the first paragraph of Ōnin ki, the author blames Yoshimasa, and especially the women around Yoshimasa, for the turmoil into which the country was plunged by the war"</blockquote | <blockquote>This was the immediate cause of the Ōnin War, during which the Yamana family supported Yoshihisa, the son of Tomiko, against Yoshimi, who was supported by the Hosokawa. In the first paragraph of Ōnin ki, the author blames Yoshimasa, and especially the women around Yoshimasa, for the turmoil into which the country was plunged by the war"</blockquote> |
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| <blockquote>Ichijō Kaneyoshi (1402–1481), in “Sayo no nezame” (Waking at Night), a work written in about 1473, expressed quite a different opinion about the role of women in government</blockquote> | <blockquote>Ichijō Kaneyoshi (1402–1481), in “Sayo no nezame” (Waking at Night), a work written in about 1473, expressed quite a different opinion about the role of women in government</blockquote> |
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