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| Letter from Kublai Khan to the Kamakura government, delivered January 1268 |
The Mongols arrived in Dazaifu where Hampu, a Mongol messenger,
delivered this letter. Hampu requested peaceful diplomatic relations
between the two countries, but within the text of the letter the Mongols
threaten invasion if the Japances do not cooperate.
The Kamakura government panicked, but responded stubbornly. Hojo
Tokimune, 8th Regent of the Kamakura Shogunate, fearing the Mongol
aggression, ordered all temples and shrines, as a precaution, to pray for
the Mongol's surrender. At the same time, Nichiren Daishonin's believers
appealed to the shogunate, stating that the time had come for the
propagation of the Lotus Sutra. What Daishonin had predicted in the
Rissho Ankoku Ron had now come to pass. But the Kamakura
government felt that the Daishonin's believers were villains and were the
cause of the threat from the Mongols.
delivered this letter. Hampu requested peaceful diplomatic relations
between the two countries, but within the text of the letter the Mongols
threaten invasion if the Japances do not cooperate.
The Kamakura government panicked, but responded stubbornly. Hojo
Tokimune, 8th Regent of the Kamakura Shogunate, fearing the Mongol
aggression, ordered all temples and shrines, as a precaution, to pray for
the Mongol's surrender. At the same time, Nichiren Daishonin's believers
appealed to the shogunate, stating that the time had come for the
propagation of the Lotus Sutra. What Daishonin had predicted in the
Rissho Ankoku Ron had now come to pass. But the Kamakura
government felt that the Daishonin's believers were villains and were the
cause of the threat from the Mongols.