alm and as self-possessed asin the quietude of the council chamber or the sacred stillness of thecloister. Thatwould have invested the Kamakura Government with new dignity in theeyes of the nation. It pitted one against the other; If theTaira showed turbulence, the aid of the Minamoto was enlisted; andwhen a Minamoto rebelled, a Taira received a commission to deal withhim. Thissettled the question.
The portals of the civil service weremade accessible solely by competitive examination. Kagetora, asKenshin was called in his youth, found himself engaged in histwenty-first year in a contest with Yoritomo left in his rear Ito Sukechika, who had slain his infant sonand sworn his own destruction, and he had in his front a Taira forceof three thousand under Oba Kagechika. At thesame time Okitsugu's son, Okitomo, received the rank of Yamato noKami and the office of junior minister.
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