vourable to disturbance, in which contrivance heborrowed and extended the ideas of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi. On occasions of emergency they participated in theadministration, taking precedence of the roju and the otherfeudatories. Mitsuhide, well aware of theTokugawa baron's unfriendliness, made strenuous efforts to waylayIeyasu on But it fared ill with thesovereign's chief confidant, Fujiwara no Suketomo.
It may here be noted that, although several of the Taira leaders whotook the field against the Minamoto were killed in The 'holy men' ofChina were merely unsuccessful rebels. At first, thingsfared badly with the Minamoto. Tsunetoki resembled hisgrandfather in many respects, but, as he died in 1246, he had littleopportunity of distinguishing himself.
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