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According to the Heike monogatari Lady Senju, a personal attendant of Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147-1199) was asked by him to sing and dance for Taira no Shigehira (1156-1185), a captured enemy of the imperial family. Shigehira, in turn, played the biwa and sang about the regrets of a Chinese general on leaving his beloved consort. Later, when Shigehira was executed, Lady Senju became a nun.
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