The Assassination of the Third Kamakura Shogun -- part one

Background

The third Kamakura shogun, Minamoto Sanetomo was the second son of the Minomoto Yoritomo the founder of the first military govrnment in Japan, commonly known as the Kamakura bakufu. Sanetomo became shogun after his elder brother Yoriie died mysteriously. Sanetomo's assassin was none other than his nephew, Yoriie's son Kugyo, who blamed Sanetomo for his father's death. At the time of the assassination Kugyo was the chief administrator (betto) of Tsurugaoka Hachiman shrine in Kamakura, the official bakufu shrine.

Translation

27th day. Clear. Snowing at nightfall. Nearly 2 feet deep.
Today, the shogun will arrive at Tsurugaoka to express his thanks for receiving the title of Minister of the Right (udaijin). The departure is in the Hour of the Rooster (5-7 pm).
Procession (here comes a list of participants in the procession with some two hundred names):
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Upon entering the shrineﾕs Yagura gate, ukeicho Yoshitoki felt sick. He transferred the shogunal sword to Minamoto Nakaaki ason, and after notifying the shogun, returned to his residence in Komachi. After the prayers ended at night and [the shogun] was schelduled to retire, the chief administrator of that shrine, ajari Kugyo, appeared from behind the stone steps and with a sword in his hands cut down Sanetomo.

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