On the fourteenth day of the intercalary month of the fifth year of Jowa, Ko no Moronobu attacked the estate of Ashikaga Takauji,thus predpitating what would come to be known as the Kanno disturbances. Moronao's purpose was to unseat Takauji's brother Tadayoshi, as well as those of his followers who were opposed to Moronao. Among the latter was the Zen priest Myokichi Jisha. As theTaiheiki says, it is unclear as to whether Myokichi was a fellow disciple of Muso Kokushi's. At the time of thesiege,Myokichi was one of the lirst to flee, although it is not known whether he sought refuge with Tadafuyu. As for Shiichibo, "he who realized the foreign law," he came to Kyoto from Kamakura, impelled by Hatakeyama Kunikiyo's dreams of power.Hosokawa Kiyouji's commissioning Shiichibo to pray for him was exploited by gambler Sasaki Michiyo, and culminated in Shiichibo's unwitting participation in Kiyouji's downfall. Shiichibo's origins are also unclear, but the author of the Taiheikideems him to be Myokichi's disciple. This essay will consider the roles played by these two monks in the conception of the Taiheiki as well as the position of the author or the compilor towards Zen and dream meditation.
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