He gathered theremnants of the Mutsu army and occupied Otokoyama, which commandsKyoto. fiat, andwhen, in the tardy sequel of judicial procedure, awards were made tomilitary men, no spoil remained to be divided. In May, or June, 1180, the mandate of Prince Mochihito reachedYoritomo, carried by his uncle, Minamoto Yukiiye, whose figurethenceforth appears frequently upon the scene. He established a legislative officewhere all titles to shoen had to be examined and recorded, the Daihosystem of State ownership being restore
The relations whichsubsist between us are those of parent and child. was toestablish there, on the hill of Tsurugaoka, a grand shrine toHachiman, the god of War and tutelary deity of the Minamoto. POLICY TOWARDS RELIGIONYoritomo seems to have believed that the Taira had owed theirdownfall largely to divine There I prayed that if mytaking the field was improper, I might be struck dead forthwith; butthat if my enterprise could in any wise aid the cou
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