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They were the four sons of Nakahara Kaneto, by whom Yoshinaka had been reared, and their constant attendance on his person, their splendid devotion to him, and their military prowess caused people to speak of them as Yoshinaka's Shi-tenno the four guardian deities of Buddhist temples. Their sister, Tomoe, is even more famous.
Shi-Tenno: the Four Deva Kings of Buddhism, who guard the Four Quarters of the World. That is, ten by the ancient native manner of reckoning time. Shitai-no-mi-Hotoke: literally, a four-bodied-august Buddha. The image in the eye is called the Buddha: the idea here expressed seems to be that the eyes of the child reflected four instead of two images.
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