with him. A leg-rest[1] broke of itself. They both recognized 
Kyōsoku.that this was a bad omen, and (XXVI. 9.) swore to one another to proceed no further. The Imperial Prince returned home, where he was staying for the night, when at midnight Akaye sent Shibi, Mononobe no Yenowi no Muraji, in command of the labourers engaged in building the Palace, to surround the Imperial Prince Arima in his house at Ichifu, and straightway despatched a mounted courier to inform the Empress.
9th day. The Imperial Prince Arima, with Oho-ishi, Mori no Kimi, Kusuri, Sakahibe no Muraji, and Konoshiro, Shihoya no Muraji, were arrested, and sent to the hot springs of Ki. His toneri Yonemaro, Nihitabe[2] no Muraji, followed him.
Thereupon the Prince Imperial in person questioned the Imperial Prince Arima, saying:—"Why didst thou plot treason?" He answered and said:—"Heaven and Akaye know. I do not at all understand."
11th day. Kuniso, Tajihi no Wosaha no Muraji, was sent to strangle the Imperial Prince Arima at the Fujishiro acclivity. On this day Konoshiro, Shihoya no Muraji, and the toneri Yonemaro, Nihitabe no Muraji, were executed at the Fujishiro acclivity. When Konoshiro, Shihoya no Muraji, was about to be executed, he said:—"I request that my right hand may be made a national treasure." Oho-ishi, Mori no Kimi, was banished to the province of Kamitsukenu,[3] and Kusuri, Sakahibe no Muraji, to the province of Wohari.
- ↑ The Chinese characters mean "something inserted between the knees," in hot weather, when in bed, for coolness. A pillow is used for this purpose at Singapore, where it is called "a Dutch wife." The corresponding Chinese term means "a bamboo wife." But the Japanese interlinear gloss has oshimadzuki, something which is usually put for a sort of stool to lean the arm on when sitting on the mats, also called kyōsoku. The "Wamyōshō" has also oshimadzuki, but this word has probably a wider meaning, and includes both objects. See illustration.
- ↑ Or Nittabe.
- ↑ Now Kōdzuke.
