〓 The Kitabatake father and son, backed by the inherently lawless Emishi of Tohoku who were ready to explode at any moment, pushed forward an easy syncretism of Ise Shinto (Watarai Shinto) and the Tendai school (*Hokke Ichijo*). This stood in defiance of Emperors Temmu and Jito, who had established the world-class, unshakeable syncretism of the Yamato people uniting Yamato Shinto—which reveres Amaterasu Omikami as the imperial ancestor and supreme deity—and the Hosso school. This defiance never stood a chance.
〓 Nariaki Tokugawa of Mito and Toko Fujita were deeply influenced by prominent Tendai temples of the Edo period, such as Toeizan Kan'ei-ji and Nikkosan Rinno-ji, which had been hijacked by the Tohoku Emishi. As if to say, "The true Emishi that the Tokugawa Shogun must subdue is not the Tohoku Emishi, but the Western powers," they championed *Sonno Joi* ("Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarian"). They came to view the United States—which was pressing Japan to open up—as the enemy, becoming the pioneers of the anti-American, ultra-right ideology that persists to this day.
〓 Furthermore, the shallow Prince Fushimi no Miya Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa, who became the chief abbot of the Tendai temples Toeizan Kan'ei-ji and Nikkosan Rinno-ji (which had been hijacked by the Tohoku Emishi), took the initiative to become the leader of the Ouetsu Reppan Domei (Northern Alliance) composed of Tohoku Emishi. Modeling himself after Emperor Temmu who won the Jinshin War, he arrogated to himself the title of "Emperor Temmu of Tohoku"—that is, "Emperor Tobu." Leading Tokugawa remnants such as Katamori Matsudaira and Gemba Sakai, he defied the government forces of Emperor Meiji who raised the Imperial Banner, standing at the forefront of an Emishi rebellion against the Yamato people known as the "Boshin War (1868–1869)."
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〓 The Kitabatake father and son, backed by the inherently lawless Emishi of Tohoku who were ready to explode at any moment, pushed forward an easy syncretism of Ise Shinto (Watarai Shinto) and the Tendai school (*Hokke Ichijo*). This stood in defiance of Emperors Temmu and Jito, who had established the world-class, unshakeable syncretism of the Yamato people uniting Yamato Shinto—which reveres Amaterasu Omikami as the imperial ancestor and supreme deity—and the Hosso school. This defiance never stood a chance.
〓 Nariaki Tokugawa of Mito and Toko Fujita were deeply influenced by prominent Tendai temples of the Edo period, such as Toeizan Kan'ei-ji and Nikkosan Rinno-ji, which had been hijacked by the Tohoku Emishi. As if to say, "The true Emishi that the Tokugawa Shogun must subdue is not the Tohoku Emishi, but the Western powers," they championed *Sonno Joi* ("Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarian"). They came to view the United States—which was pressing Japan to open up—as the enemy, becoming the pioneers of the anti-American, ultra-right ideology that persists to this day.
〓 Furthermore, the shallow Prince Fushimi no Miya Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa, who became the chief abbot of the Tendai temples Toeizan Kan'ei-ji and Nikkosan Rinno-ji (which had been hijacked by the Tohoku Emishi), took the initiative to become the leader of the Ouetsu Reppan Domei (Northern Alliance) composed of Tohoku Emishi. Modeling himself after Emperor Temmu who won the Jinshin War, he arrogated to himself the title of "Emperor Temmu of Tohoku"—that is, "Emperor Tobu." Leading Tokugawa remnants such as Katamori Matsudaira and Gemba Sakai, he defied the government forces of Emperor Meiji who raised the Imperial Banner, standing at the forefront of an Emishi rebellion against the Yamato people known as the "Boshin War (1868–1869)."