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Battle of Uji (1184)






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Second Battle of Uji
Part of the Genpei War

Uji River
DateFebruary 19, 1184
Location
Uji, just outside Kyoto
Result Minamoto no Yoshitsune et al. victory
Belligerents
Minamoto clan faction Minamoto clan faction
Commanders and leaders
Minamoto no Yoshitsune Minamoto no Yoshinaka
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

Minamoto no Yoshinaka tried to wrest power from his cousins Yoritomo and Yoshitsune, seeking to take command of the Minamoto clan. To that end, he burned the 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, New Year's Day, 1184, which Yoshinaka had torn up to impair their crossing.[1]

This was an ironic reversal of the 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 Yoshinaka.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Sansom, George (1958). A History of Japan to 1334. Stanford University Press. pp. 296–297. ISBN 0804705232.
  • ^ Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. Cassell & Co. pp. 203–204. ISBN 1854095234.
  • ^ Turnbull, Stephen (1977). The Samurai, A Military History. MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. pp. 64–65. ISBN 0026205408.

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