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directly by femaleinfluence at Court, or by their own direct activity, the Fujiwaraheld a supreme place. He accepted Hideyoshi's challenge,and, on the 12th of June, a great battle was fought, the issue ofw In the Hogen struggle, Yoshitomo, the Minamotochief, an able captain and a brave soldier, had suggested thestrategy which secured victory for Go-Shirakawa's forces. Inthis the performer was generally a woman, and the instrument on whichshe accompanied herself was the samisen.

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