In 1333 an obscure, ambitious general deserted the once potent Hoji family of military tyrants and threw his army on the side of the exiled Emperor Go Daigo. The Emperor’s side won. Having set Go ...
The Japanese have a maxim: “Just as there is but one sun in heaven, so there is but one emperor on earth.” Six centuries ago the maxim was rudely shattered when rival feudal lords supported a ...