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And indeed, while the rhetoric is not invoked in the narration of the later
Northern Expedition, the design of its new banner attests to this: the
names of both the Ise Grand Shrine and the Hachiman Bodhisattva are
written
at the top, with a pair of doves beneath them.
46
Yet a sidelining of the “imperial” aspect is demonstrable in the ac-
count of the 122
1
J
ō
ky
ū
Disturbance, in which the forces of H
ō
j
ō
Yasu-
toki (1183–1242) defeated those of Retired Emperor Gotoba and his sup-
porters, even as the “divine” element remains significant. Although not
as dramatic as Mochihito’s call to arms, proof of divine endorsement is
nonetheless provided to Masako in a dream—complete with an oracular
mirror—that urges Yasutoki to bring peace to the realm.
47
The entry re-
cording the initial decision to send H
ō
j
ō
troops to the capital uses simi-
lar justification: after H
ō
j
ō
Yoshitoki (1163–1224) learns that Masako has
received similar advice from two separate quarters, he remarks, “Both
counsels are of a single mind. How could this not be the aid of the
kami
and buddhas?”
48
And in the course of the campaign, an entry that de-
tails the warriors’ rampage through the capital closes with the observa-
tion that “the engendering of the defeat of court forces of late must be a
blessing of the unexhausted power of the gods and buddhas.”
49
There is
no attempt to otherwise legitimate the warrior position against imperial
support (including that of two other retired emperors) for Gotoba.
46. For a description of the banner, see Nagahara and Kishi,
Zen’yaku Azuma ka-
gami
, 2:92, the entry for Bunji 5 (1189).7.8.
47. The entry for Jōkyū 3 (1221).3.22 records: “Twenty-second day.
Hinoto-hitsuji
.
Hatano Jirō Tomosada [dates unknown] set off for the Ise Grand Shrine as [Masako’s]
emissary of second rank. This was due to a dream that Masako had that morning. A
mirror with a surface of roughly two
jō
was floating on the waves of Yui Bay. A voice
spoke from it, saying: ‘I am from Ise Shrine. When I reflect on the realm, the age is one
of great chaos, and an army must be summoned. Should [Hōjō] Yasutoki polish me, he
will achieve great peace’; given this [Masako’s] faith was truly strengthened. Since To-
mosada was the grandchild of a shrine official, he was the emissary and so forth”
(Nagahara and Kishi,
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