On the twelfth day of the fifth month (ninth day of the fourth month in old lunar calendar) of 1180, prince Mochihito, after plotting with MINAMOTO no Yorimasa, issued a princely command--under the alias 'Imperial Prince Saisho' (Prince 'Great Victory')--to the Minamoto clan warriors and the great temples and shrines throughout the country to destroy the Taira clan. |
治承4年(1180年)4月9日、源頼政と謀った以仁王は、「最勝親王」と称し、諸国の源氏と大寺社に平氏追討の令旨を下した。 |