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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Chinnery, Charles

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​CHINNERY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 31.)
Charles Chinnery entered the Navy, 25 Feb. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Devastation, Capt. Alex. Milner, on the Home station, where he continued to serve with the same officer, the last three years as Midshipman of the Swallow 18, until Aug. 1809; previously to which period he assisted at the capture, 15 Nov. 1807, of the French privateer Friedland, of 2 guns and 41 men. He then removed to the Narcissus 32, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, under whom he took the privateer Duguay Trouin, of 14 guns and 75 men, and Aimable Josephine, of 14 guns and 105 men, and appears to have actively co-operated with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. We subsequently find him joining, in Feb. 1811, the Plantagenet 74, Capt. Robt. Lloyd, in the Baltic, and, in Feb. 1813, the Majestic 74, Capt. John Hayes, on the North American station. Since June, 1815, some time antecedent to which date, 7 Feb. 1815, he had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, Mr. Chinnery has been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Chegwyn, Joseph

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​CHEGWYN. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 11; h-p., 33.)
Joseph Chegwyn entered the Navy, 22 July, 1803, as A.B., on board the Egyptienne frigate, Capts. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming and Hon. Chas. Paget, under the former of whom he assisted at the capture of three privateers, carrying together 46 guns and 296 men, and was present, as coxwain, in Sir Robt. Calder’s action, 22 July, 1805. He joined, as Master’s Mate, in Feb. 1807, the Pallas 32, Capt. Geo. Miller, in the Channel; proceeded soon afterwards to Copenhagen in the Cambrian 40, Capt. Hon. C. Paget; removed, in March, 1808, to the Leviathan 74, Capt. John Harvey, at Plymouth; and, on next joining Capt. Paget in the Revenge 74, was promoted, after the bombardment of Flushing, to the rank of Lieutenant, 9 Oct. 1809. He continued to serve in the Revenge, latterly at the defence of Cadiz, under Rear-Admiral Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, until transferred, 12 Dec. 1812, to the Mars 74, Capt. Henry Raper, at Portsmouth. His next appointment was, 2 Feb. 1813, to the Warrior 74, Capt. Lord Viscount Torrington, in which ship he escorted the Prince of Orange to Holland in the following Nov. Since 1814 Lieut. Chegwyn has been unemployed.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Chichester, John Palmer Bruce

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​CHICHESTER, Bart. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 10; h-p., 27.)
Sir John Palmer Bruce Chichester is eldest son of the late John Palmer Chichester, Esq., Col. of the Royal Cardigan Rifle Corps, by his second wife, Agnes, eldest daughter of Jas. Hamilton, Esq., of Bangour, N.B. (by Margaret Bruce, sister of the celebrated traveller, Jas. Bruce, Esq., of Kinnaird); and first cousin of Sir Clifford Constable, Bart., as likewise of Sir Chas. Chichester, Col. of the 81st ​Regiment, K.C.T., K.S.F., &c., a distinguished officer in the service of the Queen of Spain. He was created a Baronet in 1840.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Feb. 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Implacable 74, Capt. Geo. Cockburn, and, attaining soon afterwards the rating of Midshipman, continued to serve, with the same officer, in the Alfred 74, Grampus 50, and Marlborough and Sceptre 74’s, at the defence of Cadiz and on the American station, until Aug. 1813. He then joined the Lacedemonian 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, and, until the conclusion of the war with the United States, was very arduously employed in blockading the enemy’s ports and rivers, and on one occasion, 5 Oct. 1814, served with the boats and was wounded at the capture of a gun-vessel and four merchantmen. After an attachment of a few months to the Royal Charlotte yacht, Capt. Geo. Scott, lying at Weymouth, and to the Iris 36, receiving-ship in the river Thames, bearing the flag of Sir Home Popham, Mr. Chichester was promoted, 11 March, 1816, to the rank of Lieutenant. He next, from 29 Oct. 1816, until June, 1820, served on board the Helicon 10, and Harlequin 18, Capts. Alex. Barclay Branch and Chas. Christ. Parker, on the Irish station; but since the latter date has been on half-pay.
Sir J. P. B. Chichester, who was lately M.P. for Barnstaple, married Caroline, daughter of Thos. Thistlethwaite, Esq., of Southwick Park, Hants, by whom he has issue. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Chesnaye, John Christian

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​CHESNAYE. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.)
John Christian Chesnaye, born 29 April, 1791, is nephew of Admiral John Cochet.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Sept. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dryad 36, Capt. John Giffard, on the Irish station; became Midshipman, 29 July, 1805, of the Orion 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, one of Nelson’s Victorious fleet in the ensuing battle of Trafalgar; and, after an additional servitude in the Madras 54, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg, joined the Endymion 40, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, by whom, subsequently to the passage of the Dardanells, in Feb. 1807, he was detached for the purpose of co-operating with the British forces in Egypt, where we find him present at the investment of Rosetta. On next removing to the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers, he witnessed, 1 Aug. 1808, the gallant capture of the 10 coasting-vessels at Noli more particularly alluded to in our memoir of Commander Wm. Chasman; after which he joined in succession the St. Alban’s 64, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen, Procris 18, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, and, as Sub-Lieutenant, 14 Feb. 1810, the Sylvia cutter, of 10 18-pounder carronades and 50 men, Lieut. -Commander Augustus Vere Drury, all in the East Indies. On 7 April following, in charge of a single boat belonging to the latter vessel, Mr. Chesnaye handsomely boarded and took, in the Straits of Sunda, a piratical proa, armed with 2 6-pounders and 30 men. On being appointed four days afterwards to the command of his prize, he similarly sustained, near the island of Cracatoa, a desperate hand-to-hand conflict of four hours with a large lugger-proa of 3 18-pounders and 72 men, which, on the junction of the Sylvia, he ultimately succeeded in sinking, after being himself wounded, with 8 of his volunteer crew; and, on 26 of the same month, at the close of a sharp contest of 20 minutes, during which the enemy had 3 men killed and 7 wounded, and the British 4 killed and 3 wounded, he headed the Sylvia’s boarders at the capture of the Dutch national brig Echo, of 8 6-pounders and 46 men, in Batavia Roads. Although Lieut. Drury was immediately afterwards promoted to the rank of Commander, we regret to observe that Mr. Chesnaye, whose share in the exploits we have narrated was at least equally conspicuous, did not attain the rank of Lieutenant until 17 March, 1813, previously to which period he had further served, in the West Indies and at Portsmouth, on board the Jason 32, and Shark 16, Capts. King and Gore, and Royal William, Capt. Geo. Fowke. He was subsequently appointed, 12 June, 25 July, and 20 Nov. 1813, to the Ardent 64, Capt. John Cochet, St. Domingo 74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren, and Anaconda 18, Capt. Geo. Augustus Westphal, on the North America and West India stations. He invalided home 8 Oct. 1814, and afterwards held a command in the Coast Guard, from 28 Nov. 1828, until 1832. He has not since been employed.
Lieut. Chesnaye married, 10 April, 1836, and has issue four sons and one daughter.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Douglas, Henry John

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​DOUGLAS. (Commander, 1845.)
Henry John Douglas entered the Navy 27 Jan. 1833; and obtained his first commission 14 Feb. 1840. He was afterwards appointed – 13 Oct. following, to the Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence – 1 April, 1841, to the Princess Charlotte 104, ​flag-ship of Sir Robt. Stopford – 18 June, 1841, to the Powerful 84, Capt. Geo. Mansel – and, 9 Nov. 1841, to the Formidable 84, Capts. Sir Chas. Sullivan and Geo. Fred. Rich, flag-ship latterly of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen – all employed on the Mediterranean station. He attained his present rank 28 Feb. 1845; and since 29 June, 1846, has been in command of the Pantaloon 10, on the coast of Africa. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Douglas, James Douglas Stoddart

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​DOUGLAS, formerly Stoddart, M.P. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
James Douglas Stoddart Douglas was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Doris 36, Capt. Robt. O’Brien, then on the East India station, 15 June, 1815.
He is a Lieutenant of Yeomanry Cavalry, and Representative in Parliament for Rochester. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Douglas, Stephen Francis

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​DOUGLAS. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Stephen Francis Douglas passed his examination 1 Sept. 1841; and served as Mate, on the East India, and Mediterranean stations, in the Belleisle troop-ship, Capt. John Kingcome, and Cornwallis 72, and Hibernia 104, flag-ships of Sir Wm. Parker. He obtained his commission 30 Sept. 1845; and still serves in the Hibernia, in the capacity of Additional-Lieutenant.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Douglas, William Grant

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​DOUGLAS. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
William Grant Douglas, born 25 Feb. 1824, is second son of the Hon. and Rev. Chas. Douglas, of Earlsgift, co. Tyrone (brother of the present Earl of Morton), by Isabella, daughter of Arthur, second Earl of Arran; and nephew of Commander Hon. Arthur Jas. Douglas, R.N.
This officer passed his examination 7 May, 1845; and until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 7 Oct. 1846, served at Portsmouth as Mate of the Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and Victoria and Albert steam-yacht, Capt. ​Lord Adolphus FitzClarence. He has been employed, since 2 Nov. in the latter year, on board the Geyser steam-sloop, Capt. Fras. Thos. Brown.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Douglas, Richard

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​DOUGLAS. (Commander, 1823. f-p., 21; h-p., 27.)
Richard Douglas entered the Navy, 14 Aug. 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal George 100, Capt. Wm. Domett, bearing the flag in the Channel of Lord Bridport, in which ship he continued until shortly after his attainment of the rating of Midshipman, 1 Oct. 1800. In July, 1803, he re-embarked on board the Ville de Paris 110, Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, flag-ship subsequently of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis; on removing from which to the Achille 74, Capt. Rich. King, he appears to have been wounded at the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805, and to have been with a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood at the capture of four French frigates off Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806. In Jan. 1809, Mr. Douglas joined the Neptune 98, bearing the flag in the West Indies of Sir Alex. Cochrane; after serving under whom at the reduction of Martinique, he was appointed, 15 March following, Acting-Lieutenant of the Surinam brig, Capt. John Lake. He was next transferred, in a similar capacity, to the Intrepid 64, Capt. Geo. Andrews; and, being confirmed on 18 Sept. in the same year, was afterwards appointed, on the Home station — 30 June, 1810, to the Coquette, Capts. Robt. Forbes and Geo. Hewson — 3 Dec. 1811, to the Bellona 74, Capts. John Erskine Douglas and Geo. M‘Kinley — and 21 Nov. 1814, and 7 Dec. 1815, to the Namur and Bulwark 74’s, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Rowley, in which he successively served until 21 Oct. 1817. His next appointments were — 20 Nov. 1820, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary Lieutenant of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch; and, 22 Jan. 1822, to the Coast Guard. Acquiring the rank he now holds 5 Sept. 1823, Commander Douglas, in 1831-2, again served in the Coast Guard, and from 26 Aug. 1840, until the autumn of 1843, commanded the Poictiers 72, guard-ship at Chatham. He has not been since employed.
He married, 22 Sept. 1830, Jemima, daughter of Wm. Winchester, Esq., of Stoke, niece of Alderman Winchester, M.P., of Hawkhurst, and sister-in-law of Commander Wm. Walker, R.N., by whom he has issue.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Douglas, William Manners Wellington

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​DOUGLAS. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 14; h-p., 6.)
William Manners Wellington Douglas, born 21 June, 1814, is eldest son of Capt. Peter John Douglas, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in Aug. 1827; and embarked, 15 Aug. 1829, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Briton 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon, whom he ultimately accompanied to the West Indies. In May, 1830, he there removed to the Blanche 46, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Arthur Farquhar; from which ship he appears to have been subsequently lent, from Feb. 1832, to Jan. 1833, to the Ariadne 28, Capt. Chas. Phillips. Towards the close of the latter year Mr. Douglas sailed for the Mediterranean in the Thunderer 84, Capt.Wm. Furlong Wise. Having passed his examination 24 June, 1834, he next joined the Trinculo 16, Capts. Jas. Rich. Booth and Henry Joseph Puget, stationed off the coast of Africa; where, up the river Bonny, with the assistance of a prize-slaver under Mr. Fiddes, Master’s Assistant, we find him, in Dec. 1835, very gallantly repelling, in a pinnace with only 10 hands, an attack made upon him by 13 large canoes full of armed men. He afterwards served in the West Indies on board the Melville and Cornwallis 74’s, bearing the flags in succession of Sir Peter Halkett and Sir Chas. Paget; of which latter ship he was confirmed a Lieutenant 30 Jan. 1839. His next appointments were – 22 Oct. 1839, to the Stag 46, Commodore Thos. Ball Sulivan – and, 26 June and 10 Oct. 1841, to the Winchester 52, and Seringapatam 46, each bearing the broad pendant of his father. Since his last promotion, which took place 12 Nov. in the latter year. Commander Douglas has been on half-pay.
He married, 10 Jan. 1843, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Edw. Hawes, Esq., of Woodford, co. Essex. Agents – Pettet and Newton.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Douglas, John Erskine

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​DOUGLAS. (Admiral of the Red, 1838.)
John Erskine Douglas is son of the late David Douglas, Esq., by Miss Thompson; grand-nephew of James, second Earl of Queensberry; and cousin of the present Marquess of Queensberry. His elder brother, William, a Colonel in the Army, died in May 1831.
This officer obtained his first commission 21 April, 1778; acquired the rank of Commander, in the Trompeuse sloop, 24 May, 1794; and was made Post 10 June, 1795. He then assumed command of the Garland 28, in which he served on the North Sea station, until his removal, in 1798, to the Boston 32. While in that vessel, on the American station, he appears to have captured and destroyed several of the enemy’s ships, and to have blockaded for several months the Semillante, a French frigate of far superior force. After cruizing for some time in the West Indies and off Halifax, Capt. Douglas, on his return home, in 1804, was appointed to the Impétueux 80, attached to the Channel fleet. Exchanging, early in 1805, into the Bellona 74, he subsequently assisted, off Cape Henry, at the destruction, 14 Sept. 1806, of the French 74-gun ship L’Impétueux – was intrusted with the command, during the summer of 1806, of a squadron stationed in the Chesapeake – served under Lord Gambler at the destruction of the French shipping in Aix Roads in April, 1809 – and, on 18 Dec. 1810, captured, in the North Sea, Le Héros du Nord privateer, of 14 guns and 44 men. When in the Prince of Wales 98, to which ship he was appointed in the spring of 1812, Capt. Douglas witnessed Sir Edw. Pellew’s partial actions with the French fleet out of Toulon, 5 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb. 1814. Being promoted to Flag-rank 4 June, 1814, he was next, from 1815 to 1818, employed as Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica. He has since been on half-pay. He became a Vice-Admiral 27 May, 1825, and a full Admiral 28 June, 1838.
He married, in 1818, Mrs. White, and has, with other issue, a daughter, Helen Catherine, who married, 21 Nov. 1843, Capt. Colin Mackenzie, Hon.E.I.C.S.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Douglas, Pringle Home

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​DOUGLAS. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 20; h-p., 33.)
Pringle Home Douglas was born 18 Sept. 1784. This officer entered the Navy, 7 Jan. 1794, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Africa 64, Capt. Roddam Home, employed on the Halifax and Jamaica stations. In March, 1797, he became attached, with Capt. Home, as Midshipman, to the Caesar 80, flag-ship afterwards of Sir Jas. Saumarez, by whom, for his conduct as Master’s Mate at the battle of Algeciras, 6 July, 1801, on which occasion he received a slight wound, he was promoted, on the night of the action, to a Lieutenancy in the Audacious 74, Capt. Shuldham Peard. On next returning from Minorca, whither he had been immediately sent with despatches in ,a row-boat privateer, Mr. Douglas, then in the Sir Thomas Pasley hired brig, of 16 guns and 54 men, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Wooldridge, assisted, on 21 July, in beating off, after a close and severe contest of an hour and a quarter, a Spanish man-of-war xebec of 22 guns. We subsequently find him contributing to the capture, we believe, of the Virgen del Rosaria, carrying 10 heavy guns and 94 men — a vessel that was boarded and carried, at the close of an animated action of an hour, and of a sanguinary hand-to-hand struggle of about 15 minutes, during which the British lost 3 men killed and 8 wounded, and the enemy 21 killed and 13 wounded. Mr. Douglas, whose appointment to the Audacious was confirmed by commission dated 9 Oct. 1801, afterwards served, during the whole of the late war (except from 13 April, 1805, to 8 Aug. 1806, when he appears to have been employed in the Mediterranean under Capt. Chas. Ogle of the Unite 36), on board the Majestic, Saturn, and Royal Oak 74's, commanded on the Home station by Lord Amelius Beauclerk. While in the latter ship he officiated, in 1809, as Senior Lieutenant of the advanced division of gun-boats at Walcheren, and took part in much active boat service in Basque Roads and off L’Orient. After discharging the duties for 18 months of Flag-Lieutenant to Lord Amelius Beauclerk, who had been promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral, he was advanced, on that officer striking his flag, to the rank of Commander, 28 May, 1814. He has since been on half-pay.
He married, 20 March, 1817, Miss Salisbury, and has issue a son and two daughters.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Douglas, John

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​DOUGLAS. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
John Douglas entered the Navy 14 April, 1812; passed his examination in 1818; and obtained his commission 21 June, 1826. His appointments appear to have been – 18 Sept. 1828, to the Coast Blockade, while in which service his name was successively borne on the books of the Ramillies and Talavera 74’s, Capt. Hugh Pigot – 15 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard – and 16 Dec. 1835, 24 Sept. 1833, and 5 Aug. 1841, to the command, on the Channel, South American, and Falmouth stations, of the Speedy cutter, Cockatrice schooner, and Swift brig, the latter of which he left in Jan. 1847. Lieut. Douglas was awarded, 18 Dec. 1843, a pension for wounds of 12l.
# A Hundred Verses from Old Japan/Poem 92

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NIJŌ IN SANUKI
Waga sode wa Shiohi ni mienu Oki no ishi no Hito koso shirane Kawaku ma mo nashi.
SANUKI, IN ATTENDANCE ON THE RETIRED EMPEROR NIJŌ
My sleeve is wet with floods of tears As here I sit and cry; ’Tis wetter than a low-tide rock, No one, howe’er he try, Can find a spot that ’s dry!
The Lady Sanuki was one of the Minamoto family, and lived at the Court of the Emperor Nijō, who reigned A.D. 1159–1165. She was the daughter of the retired Emperor Goshirakawa, and died A.D. 1165.
# A Hundred Verses from Old Japan/Poem 93

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KAMAKURA UDAIJIN
Yo no naka wa Tsune ni moga mo na Nagisa kogu Ama no obune no Tsunade kanashi mo.
THE MINISTER OF THE RIGHT DISTRICT OF KAMAKURA
I love to watch the fishing-boats Returning to the bay, The crew, all straining at the oars, And coiling ropes away; For busy folk are they.
The name of the writer of this verse was Sanetomo Minamato, the second son of the great General Yoritomo. He was a famous man of letters, and was murdered in the year 1219 by his nephew, the Priest Kugyō, at the Temple of Hachiman at Kamakura, whither he had gone to return thanks for his promotion to a high office of state. He seems to have had a premonition of his coming fate; for that morning, while being dressed, he composed the farewell poem to his plum tree given in the Introduction, and pulling out a hair he gave it to his servant, bidding him keep it in memory of him. The assassin sprang out from behind a tree, which is still pointed out to-day, growing at the side of the temple steps, cut him down, and ran off with the head. Kugyō was caught and executed, but the head was never found, and so the single hair was buried in its stead.
# A Hundred Verses from Old Japan/Poem 97

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GON CHŪ-NAGON SADA-IYE
Konu hito wo Matsu-hō no ura no Yūnagi ni Yaku ya moshio no Mi mo kogare-tsutsu.
THE ASSISTANT IMPERIAL ADVISER SADA-IYE
Upon the shore of Matsu-hō For thee I pine and sigh; Though calm and cool the evening air, These salt-pans caked and dry Are not more parched than I!
Sada-iye, of the Fujiwara family, was the Compiler of this Collection of verses; he was the son of Toshi-nari, the writer of verse No. 83, and he entered the priesthood, dying in the year 1242, at the age of eighty.
Matsu-hō is on the north coast of the Island of Awaji, in the Inland Sea; but the word also means ‘a place of waiting and longing for somebody’. Kogare means ‘scorching or evaporating’ (sea-water in the salt-pans), but it also has the meaning ‘to long for, or to love ardently.’
The illustration shows two men carrying pails of sea-water to the salt-pans.
# A Hundred Verses from Old Japan/Poem 95

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SAKI NO DAISŌJŌ JIYEN
Ōkenaku Uki yo no tami ni Ōu kana Waga tatsu soma ni Sumizome no sode.
THE FORMER ARCHBISHOP JIYEN
Unfit to rule this wicked world With all its pomp and pride, I’d rather in my plain black robe A humble priest abide, Far up the mountain side.
The Archbishop was a son of the author of verse No. 76. He had just been promoted to his exalted rank, which entailed living at the Temple of Mount Hiei, near Kyōto, and this is his modest deprecatory verse on his new appointment. He is said to have put an end to his life by the method described in the note to verse No. 12.
In the picture we see the Archbishop in his robes, and the great Temple of Mount Hiei, while in the distance are the wild hills where he longs to be.
# A Hundred Verses from Old Japan/Poem 99

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GOTOBA NO IN
Hito mo oshi Hito mo urameshi Ajiki-naku Yo wo omou yue ni. Mono omou mi wa.
THE RETIRED EMPEROR GOTOBA
How I regret my fallen friends How I despise my foes! And, tired of life, I only seek To reach my long day’s close, And gain at last repose.
The Emperor Gotoba, or Toba II, reigned A.D. 1186–1198. He was the son of the retired Emperor Takakura, and was banished to Amagori, in the Oki Islands, where he took the name of Sen-Tei, busied himself in making swords, and died in the year 1239. He was very sensitive to noises, and it is said that the frogs of the pool of Shike-kuro have been dumb ever since the year 1200; for their croaking at night disturbed his rest, and he commanded them to be silent. It was in the eleventh year of his reign that the title of shōgun was created and conferred upon the great General Yoritomo; which title, down to the year 1868, was borne by the real rulers of the country, the Emperor himself being not much more than a figure-head.
Notice the resemblance in sound between the first and second lines, and between the fourth and fifth lines, not fully brought out in the translation.