Saturday, May 2, 2015

Masamune Date Anecdote2




Hideyoshi kept one big monkey.

When daimyos visited, Hideyoshi tied a monkey to the passage expressly.

Hideyoshi made a monkey train to bare a tooth and jump at daimyos.

He had a habit that enjoy peep how the feudal lord who is surprised to monkeys.

Masamune to hear this said illness and did not visit Hideyoshi.

He bribed the manager of the monkey with money and goods and succeeded in taking out a monkey secretly.

When Masamune happened to pass, the monkey showed a tooth and was going to attack, but Masamune repeated it with a whip each time and swatted it.

As a matter of course, monkey came to be frightened when the monkey gradually looked at Masamune. And Masamune returned a monkey to the cause of the manager.

And Hideyoshi knew that Masamune visited after a long absence.

Hideyoshi and connect the monkey always passage as was a peep secretly hoping the sight of panic of Masamune .

When Masamune is passed through the passage , but the monkey tried to attack , the moment that Masamune glared , monkey drew back and scared.

Hideyoshi laughed to see this state and said in this way.

"A suspicious person of Masamune, he went ahead again"


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