kiyomaro's

Updated: August 27, 2026

The successor of the throne must be of the Imperial family and a usurper is to be rejected." Dokyo's wrath was extreme. He ordered that Kiyomaro's name should be changed to Kegaremaro, which was equivalent to substituting "foul" for "fair;" he banished him to Osumi in the extreme south of Kyushu, and he sent emissaries whose attempt to assassinate him was balked by a thunder-storm.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era