sei-i-shogun

Updated: May 8, 2025

But Yoritomo, warned of what was pending, effected his escape to Tokimasa's manor. It is recorded that on the way thither he prayed at the shrine of Hachiman, the tutelary deity of his family: "Grant me to become sei-i-shogun and to guard the Imperial Court. Or, if I may not achieve so much, grant me to become governor of Izu, so that I may be revenged on Sukechika.

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