Audsley, George Ashdown, 1838-1925, author, Greve, W. (Lithographer), printer, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, publisher, Imprimerie Lemercier et cie, printer · leaf 409
ented his lord with some food placed on a small wooden stand upon which were laid three leaves of the hollyhock.* Kiyoyasu, observing them, exclaimed, ‘Upon my return in triumph I have received these leaves; from henceforth I will adopt them as my badge.’ A less authentic version of the tale has it… … HONDA, TOKUGAWA, Iyéyasu, it is said, was once admiring the badge, when Honda Tadakatsu, the son of the above-mentioned Masatada, begged him to adopt it as his own. ‘I should like to do so,’ said Iyéyasu, ‘but I am sorry (fabakari) to deprive you of it. ‘Then take * It is quite obvious there is a…
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