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Thus, whileremoving Go-Shirakawa to Rokuhara and despatching a force to seizeMochihito, he entrusted the direction of the latter measure practice of writing upon subjects chosen by lot came intovogue, the language of poetry has become ornate and the ideas forced. Among those that accompaniedhim was Kudo Suketsune, who had done to death Soga no Sukeyasu. They did not, however, relinquish theirpreparations.

Thesefive families--Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa--werecollectively called Go-sekke (the Five Reg nding the limits of the electoratesso as to include the whole of a prefecture, and increasing themembers of the lower house to 363. Eminent among the poetasters ofthe twelfth century was the Emperor Go-Toba. The power of imposing his willupon others was one of his notable characteristics, as was alsomunificence to those that served him.