Battle of Uji (1184): Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Battle in 1184 in Japan}}

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| photo1a = Kagesue, Takatsuna and Shigetada crossing the Uji river.jpg

| photo2a = A triptych showing the second battle of Uji River on February 19th, 1184.jpg

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|caption = Top: [[Kajiwara Kagesue]], [[Sasaki Takatsuna]], and [[Hatakeyama Shigetada]] racing to cross the [[Uji River]] before the second battle of Uji, New Year's Day, A.D. 1184, as depicted in a print by [[Utagawa Kuniyoshi]].<br> Bottom: A triptych showing the second battle of Uji River on February 19th, 1184, by [[Isshinsai Yoshikata]]. Published by Iseya Tokichi, 1863

|date =February 19, 1184

|place =[[Uji, Kyoto|Uji]], just outside [[Kyoto]]

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|result =[[Minamoto no Yoshitsune]] et al. victory

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|combatant1 = {{nowrap|{{flag|Minamoto clan|size=20px}} Yoritomo faction}}

|combatant2 = {{nowrap|{{flag|Minamoto clan|size=20px}} clan Yoshinaka faction}}

|commander1 = {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Minamoto clan|size=20px}} [[Minamoto no Yoshitsune]]}}

|commander2 = {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Minamoto clan|size=20px}} [[Minamoto no Yoshinaka]]}}

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[[Minamoto no Yoshinaka]] tried to wrest power from his cousins [[Minamoto no Yoritomo|Yoritomo]] and [[Minamoto no Yoshitsune|Yoshitsune]], seeking to take command of the [[Minamoto clan]]. To that end, he burned the [[Siege of Hōjūjidono|Hōjūji Palace]], and kidnapped [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]]. However, his cousins Noriyori and Yoshitsune caught up with him soon afterwards, following him across the Bridge over the [[Uji River|Uji]], New Year's Day, 1184, which Yoshinaka had torn up to impair their crossing.<ref name=Sansom>{{Cite book |last=Sansom |first=George |title=A HistoryofJapan to 1334 |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1958 |ISBN=0804705232 |pages=296–297}}</ref>

This was an ironic reversal of the [[Battle of Uji (1180)|first Battle of the Uji]], only four years earlier. Much as the [[Taira]] did in that first battle, [[Minamoto no Yoshitsune]] led his horsemen across the river, and defeated [[Minamoto no Yoshinaka|Yoshinaka]].<ref name=Turnbull2>{{Cite book |last=Turnbull |first=Stephen |title=The Samurai Sourcebook |publisher=Cassell & Co. |year=1998 |ISBN=1854095234 |pages=203–204}}</ref><ref name=Turnbull3>{{Cite book |last=Turnbull |first=Stephen |title=The Samurai, A Military History |publisher=MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. |year=1977 |ISBN=0026205408 |pages=64–65}}</ref>

==See also==

*[[Kajiwara Kagesue]]

*[[Sasaki Takatsuna]]

*''[[The Tale of the Heike]]''

== References ==

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[[Category:1180s in Japan]]

[[Category:1184 in Asia]]

[[Category:Battles of the Genpei War|Uji 1184]]

[[Category:Conflicts in 1184|Uji 1184]]