Even Takatsune SHIBA, a powerful military commander in Tadayoshi's group who was cooperative with nobles, temples and shrines in power, received a direct petition in the form of Kasuga Shinboku (Kasuga Shrine's sacred tree), which was often used as a means of protest, when he usurped Kofuku-ji temple's shoen. |
貴族や寺社勢力に対して協調的であった直義派の有力武将、斯波高経すらも興福寺の荘園横領によって、春日神木を担ぎ込まれて強訴された実例がある。 |