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	ospreysamurai.com - Knights and Samurai
		At the second battle of Uji in 1184 two samurai vied for the honour of being the first to swim his horse across the river and into action, which one won by telling the other that his saddle girth was loose.
		The result of these different traditions was that the battle of Cerignola in 1503, where volleys of European arquebuses pierced knightly armour for the first time, was effectively a repeat of the Crécy and Agincourt experience using stronger weapons of offence and defence.
		However, the battle of Nagashino in 1575, which was Japan's Cerignola, was far more of a radical change because mounted samurai had never had to contend with any sort of missile volleys.
	www.ospreysamurai.com /knights.html (2148 words)

	Akanezumiya - Publications - Musha Ningyo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The intense physical battles and extreme reversals of fortune witnessed during this period were greatly romanticized by later generations.
		Kabuto, the distinctive battle helmet was believed to protect a house against evil and often made of spiritwarding iris leaves to further its talismanic effect.
		The display of banners had a twofold meaning: originally intended for the family crest or mon during a battle, they were also hung in Shinto temples when boys celebrated their tateage or "lifting up" ceremony at the age of seven, a transition point from childhood to boyhood.
	www.akanezumiya.com /pub_musha/musha_art.html (6136 words)

	The Age of the Samurai - Gempei Wars 1180-1185
		It was a series of battles fought for the control of the imperial court and the ultimate victors were the Minamoto who annihilated the Taira and established their clan head, Yoritomo, as shogun and consigning the emperor to nothing more than a symbolic role until the mid-19th century.
		After losing the battle of Ishibashiyama he withdrew to Kamakura where he established a military base and sent his capable generals out to fight the war, which was wise considering his poor grasp of military matters.
		Thus on 18 March 1184 the bold general executed this strategy with great success as the Heike warriors who were guarding the east and west passes rushed to meet him.
	www.taots.co.uk /content/view/36/30 (1711 words)

	Informat.io on Genpei War
		The ensuing Battle of Uji took place just outside Kyoto, and the war ended five years later, with a decisive Minamoto victory in the naval Battle of Dan-no-ura.
		The Genpei Wars were the culmination of a decades-long conflict between the two clans over dominance of the Imperial court, and by extension, control of Japan.
		Ichinotani futaba gunki (Chronicle of the battle of Ichi-no-Tani) by Namiki Sōsuke may be one of the more famous of these.
	www.informat.io /?title=genpei-war (1593 words)

	Home > Merizo, Guam, GU, 96915, Merizo Real Estate, Merizo Yellow Pages, Merizo Classifieds, Merizo News, Merizo ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The ensuing Battle of Uji took place just outside Kyoto, starting a five-year long war, concluding with a decisive Minamoto victory in the naval Battle of Dan-no-ura.
		Leaving Izu Province, heading for the Hakone Pass, he was defeated by the Taira in the battle of Ishibashiyama.
		1184 Second Battle of Uji - Yoshinaka is pursued out of the capital by Yoshitsune and Noriyori.
	merizo.guamus.com /details/Genpei_War (3185 words)

	China History Forum, chinese history forum > Samurai vs Knight
		The result was that although Japanese battles in the Warring States Period were won through a skilful if unglamorous combination of samurai, foot soldiers and artillery, it was nostalgia and an appeal to precedent that still ruled supreme in the samurai mind.
		Their purpose was to increase their zeal for fighting by knowledge of the impossibility of flight.' At the siege of Chokoji in 1570 Shibata Katsuie deliberately smashed all the water storage jars before leading his men in a desperate sally out of the castle that succeeded in driving the enemy away.
		The triumph of the Tokugawa family at the battle of Sekigahara in 1600 eventually led to over two centuries of peace, but it was peace enforced by a totalitarian regime that closed its doors to European contact from 1639 onwards.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /lofiversion/index.php/t7261.html (14143 words)

	1184 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about 1184 contains research on
		1184, Events, Births, Deaths, Heads of states and 1184.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/1184 (129 words)

	Gempei War
		While Mochihito would be killed in June and Minamoto Yorimasa crushed at the Battle of the Uji, a fire had been set.
		Somewhat earlier, Yoritomo's uncle Yukiie had taken the field and was to suffer defeat at the hands of Taira Tomomori at the Battle of Sunomata in Mino Province (March 1181).
		In a sense, the specifics of the Gempei War - the battles, armies, and tactics - were secondary to the political arena.
	www.samurai-archives.com /Gempeiwar.html (3906 words)

	Battle of Awazu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1st Uji – Nara – Ishibashiyama – Fujigawa – Sunomata – Yahagigawa – Hiuchi – Kurikara – Shinohara – Mizushima – Fukuryūji – Muroyama – Hōjūjidono – 2nd Uji –
		He had met up with his companion and foster brother Imai Kanehira at Seta, along the way, and was also joined in battle by his wife, Tomoe Gozen.
		However, in the end, all three met their ends; Yoshinaka was struck dead by an arrow when his horse became mired in a paddy field, and Imai committed suicide, leaping off his horse while holding his sword in his mouth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Awazu (204 words)

	SCREEN Samurai BATTLE YOHSITSUNE Japanese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This is a classic depiction of the legendary Genji general Yoshitsune crossing the Uji river to confront the Taira.
		The Uji bridge had been mostly destroyed by the Taira and they had placed barricades in the water.
		The battle took place in late Feb 1184.
	www.trocadero.com /stores/Kris/items/57109/item57109.html (248 words)

	Ospreysamurai.com - The samurai way of death
		When Imai Kanehira committed suicide at the battle of Awazu in 1184 he was surrounded by enemies, so he killed himself quickly by jumping head first from his horse with his sword in his mouth.
		Once Nitta Yoshisada’s troops were in the city the battle became a fierce hand-to-hand struggle among the burning houses, while the Hojo forces were torn between holding the passes and resisting the new advance round the cape.
		When the battle was seen to be lost, the Hojo family and their closest retainers decided to die like true samurai, and the Taiheiki has preserved the gory record of their departure.
	www.ospreysamurai.com /samurai_death02.htm (5672 words)

	Hasegawa
		In this battle the story of two heroes contending against one another for top credit is very famous.
		At the battle field, both Kagesue and Takatsuna watch for an opportunity to perform a glorious deed.
		From this contest at the Uji River the names of the two warriors become very famous in the war history of Japan.
	www.ukiyoe-reproductions.com /html/pictures/whasegawa1.html (259 words)

	Notes for Tale of Heike, Chapter 9
		This chapter includes one of the most famous battles of the tale, that of Ichi-no-tani, and also one of its most famous sections, the one recounting the death of Atsumori.
		9-[2] The First Man Across the Uji River — This section continues with the competition between the two owners of the fine horses given them by Yoritomo, as they seek to be the first to cross Uji River in an attack on Yoshinaka.
		However, he is so slow in parting with a lover whom he has come to enjoy while living in the Capital that one of his retainers, Echigo no Chûta Iemitsu, kills himself to send a strong message to Yoshinaka that he must put his mind on matters of war, not love, at this critical moment.
	www.sonic.net /~tabine/Heike/Heikechpt09.html (2372 words)

	1184 info here at en.16-power.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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		1184 Heads of states Heads of states England - Henry II Curt Mantle, King of England (reigned 1154 - 1189).
	en.16-power.info /1184 (268 words)

	The Samurai: A Brief History
		The clans who battled the emishi did so in part (we can assume) in the hopes of securing sizable rewards of land in the newly colonized areas, and to maintain these in the face of emishi resistance, arms would need to be kept.
		Outright battles between the Enryakuji and Mii-dera were common during the later Heian Period, and saw the later burned to the ground numerous times.
		The Minamoto headquarters were assaulted, and after a stiff battle Yoshitomo was forced to flee the capital and headed eastward.
	members.tripod.com /epathy/id217.htm (13047 words)

	TEN CHI WA DO # 22 - Diciembre del 2002 - Bujinkan Chogyû Dôjô -
		History tells of a famous warrior called Itagaki, which was described as exceptionally strong and beautiful, with a pale white skin as of that of a lady of the court.
		It was her who in battle was in charge of 3000 soldiers in the Torysakayama castle.
		The tales of battle of Japan, as well as in some chronicles of war in the Heian, Kamakura and Muromachi periods are almost totally centered on facts of the nobles and of the warrior classes.
	www.bujinkandojo.com.ar /tenchiwado22eng.html (3940 words)

	Minamoto no Noriyori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Beginning in 1184, four years into the war, he was sent out from Kamakura by Yoritomo, and made his way to the Taira strongholds of Shikoku.
		Noriyori helped defeat the wayward Minamoto no Yoshinaka at the Second Battle of the Uji and the Awazu, before moving on to play a central role in the Battle of Ichi-no-Tani.
		Noriyori was sent out once more in October of 1184, to secure the provinces of the Chūgoku region, and then to move on into Kyūshū.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minamoto_no_Noriyori (464 words)

	Gempei Wars - Military History Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		1180 First Battle of Uji - regarded as the first battle in the Genpei Wars, the monks of the Byodoin fight alongside Minamoto no Yorimasa.
		Also, arguably among the most interesting naval battles in history, in terms of strategy and tactics.
		Many stories and works of art depict this conflict.
	www.militaryhistorywiki.org /wiki/Gempei_Wars (510 words)

	The Sword on the Bridge of Heaven
		As civilization advanced, farmers battling bandits to protect their food crops were transformed into personal armies loyal to land-holding clans.
		At the battle of Ichi-no tani in 1184, armor-grappling sounded like techniques of Aikido, “…they grappled so fiercely that both fell from their horses…one gripped his adversary and pinned him down so that he could not rise.
		Named Jomyo, he fought at the First Battle of Uji in 1180.
	thor.prohosting.com /kijaji/archive/KIAI31/art1.html (1072 words)

	Yugyoji
		The battle was waged between the Uesugi and Ashikaga factions and many were killed or wounded.
		At the battle of 1183 in Shinohara, Ishikawa Prefecture, where Saito fought against Yoshinaka Minamoto (1154-1184), Saito was near 70 years old and his hair had turned gray.
		Jocho (?-1057) is one of the most famous Buddha statue sculptors in the mid-Heian Period and carved the world-famous Amida statue of Uji Byodo-in in Uji city, Kyoto.
	www.asahi-net.or.jp /~qm9t-kndu/yugyoji.htm (5885 words)

	Annotated Chronology 3
		871 At the Battle of Ashdown, Wessex King AEthelraed I and his brother AElfred vanquish the Danish army, killing the Danish king and leaving the Berkshire hills strewn with Danish corpses.
		This battle permits the Seljuk Turks to consolidate control of the central Anatolian plateau.
		Just before the battle, a Serb posing as a deserter brought before Sultan Murad produces a dagger and stabs the Sultan to death.
	www.skygodproject.net /history/ancent_chronology3.htm (3185 words)

	Japanese History \| History of Japan :: Japan Visitor
		From the late 5th century, uji were subdivided into be and tomo, roughly corresponding to guilds.
		Divine incarnations of the forces of nature, or kami, were the focus of daily activity, and a conquering uji would incorporate another uji’s kami into its pantheon, the pantheons thus coming to represent the hierarchy of the uji.
		The territorial conflicts and acquisitions between the uji gradually led to the founding of a state in the third century BC dominated over from present-day Osaka, or Yamato.
	www.japanvisitor.com /index.php?cID=359&pID=334&cName=Japanese%20Cultu... (5163 words)

	Japan Karatedo Organization : JKO Forums : Japanese Invasions of Korea
		In the Battle of Pyokje lodging [Pyokje-yek, Byokchekwan] on January 26, the Ming cavalry without firearm suffered a crushing defeat and was forced to retreat.
		The defense of Haengju is regarded as one of the three great victories for the Koreans, with the naval Battle of Hansando and the defense of Chinju as the other two.
		His long-standing battle against Buddhist secular power contributed in large part toward his friendly attitude toward the Jesuits, an attitude that may have played a role in the success of Christian missionary activity around the Kyoto area during this period.
	www.jko.com /portal/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=39 (13271 words)

	Japanese Arts - History
		He had battle flags hoisted up from behind a hill, presenting the image to the Imagawa stationed inside Narumi that the Oda were resting nearby.
		The battle was hotly contested on the part of the Asai, but resulted in a victory for Nobunaga and Ieyasu.
		The battle had devolved into butchery, and Katsuyori added to the fiasco by sending in his reserves, which did little but add to the casualty list and encourage the Nagashino garrison to mount a sally.
	www.shaolin-society.co.uk /shaolin_legacy/history.php?history=13 (22309 words)

	Kajiwara Kagetoki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He initially opposed Minamoto Yoritomo during the Gempei War and was present alongside Oba Kagechika at the Battle of Ishibashiyama.
		He fought at the Battle of Ichi no Tani (1184) and was afterwards active with administrative affairs; he is said to have clashed with Minamoto Yoshitsune prior to the Battle of Yashima over tactical issues, and again immediately before the Battle of Dan no Ura.
		His sons included Kagesue (one of the first to fight at the Battle of the Uji in 1184), Kagetaka, and Kageie.
	www.samurai-archives.com /kagetoki.html (284 words)

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		The Châlukya dynasty, residing at Badami, suffered a severe reverse when Pulakeshin II was killed in battle by Narasimha Varman I of Pallava, and Badami occupied.
		Clive became the effective founder of the British Empire in India, and the Battle of Plassey one of the supreme moments of British Imperial history.
		Paludan mentions the loss of over 100,000 Chinese in the very last, three week long battle of the Mongol conquest of the Southern Sung, off Kwantung in 1279 [p.147], and the proposal by Bayan, chancellor of Toghan-Temür, to exterminate "all Chinese with the five most popular names, some 90 per cent of the population!" [p.157].
	saturniancosmology.org /files/fries/sangoku.txt (13390 words)

	Heian Era: 794-1192
		The Hoodo, or Phoenix Hall, at Uji, built in 1053.
		940: Battle of Kojima, which ended the rebellion of Taira Masakado.
		This was a major sea battle with the Minamoto winning decisively.
	www.bookmice.net /darkchilde/japan/jh3.html (1040 words)

	Warriors and Legends
		Takatsuna’s greatest exploit: Shown here (centre) swimming with his horse across the swollen Uji River to attack Kiso no Yoshinaka.
		The Monkey battles Kinkaku Daio on a sea cliff from Tsuzoku saiyuki.
		The battle at Rokuhara in the Taihei war chronicles: Kasunoki Masashige and Ashikaga Takauji who wheeled his troops round on Rokuhara the Hojo headquarters defending Kyoto.
	www.japaneseprints-london.com /warriors_and_legends.htm (3484 words)

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