boy Mayuwa in their refuge. Seeing no way of escape
Tsubura, at the request of the boy, first slew him and then killed
himself.

Subsequently Ohatsuse, who seemed to have been of a violent disposition,
murdered Ichinobe-no-Oshiha, son of the seventeenth emperor, Richu. His
two sons, then merely boys, Oke and Woke (literally big basket and little
basket), hearing of this catastrophe escaped into the province of Harima
where they worked as cow-herds. Ohatsuse was crowned as the twenty-first
emperor and is known by the canonical name of Yuriyaku Tenno.

In the year A.D. 470 an ambassador came from Go in China and by order of
the emperor was entertained by the Grandee Ne-no-Omi. A court official,
Toneri, was directed to see that this duty was suitably performed. Now
Ne-no-Omi, it will be remembered, was the grandee who, on a former
occasion, was sent by the Emperor Anko to solicit the hand of the Princess
Hatahi-no-Oji for the present emperor, who was then the crown prince. In
order to entertain the Chinese ambassador with becoming magnificence,
Ne-no-Omi robed himself in a gorgeous manner and among other things put on
the rich necklace which he had stolen. Toneri reported to the emperor the
superb entertainment which Ne-no-Omi had accorded to the Chinese
ambassador, and especially the necklace which he wore. The emperor
innocently asked that Ne-no-Omi should appear before him in order that he
might see his superb dress. The empress, who was with her husband when
Ne-no-Omi came in, recognized the necklace which had been sent by her
brother to the late emperor. The theft was charged and Ne-no-Omi compelled
to confess. The emperor proclaimed the innocence of Okusaka-no-Oji and his
great regret at the mistaken punishments.

There are many traditions current in Japanese early history concerning
this emperor. In one he is represented in his imperial journeys to have
seen a house belonging to Lord Shiki built with a raised roof like that of
the imperial palace. He was greatly enraged that any subject should dare
to take such a liberty, and sent his attendants to burn the house down.
The poor frightened lord hastened to the emperor and humbly apologized for
his stupidity. And he presented to the emperor in token of his humble
submission a white dog clothed with cloth and led by a string. So he was
forgiven and his house was spared.

In another legend he is said to have come upon a beautiful girl by the
river side washing cloth