tsunemori

Updated: May 12, 2025

He explained his scruples and his sorrows to the boy, who submitted to his fate with calm courage. But Naozane vowed never to wield weapon again. He sent Atsumori's head and a flute found on his person to the youth's father, Tsunemori, and he himself entered the priesthood, devoting the remaining years of his life to prayers for the soul of the ill-fated lad.

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