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		Yashima is in the east of Takamatsu, which is one of the best-known ancient battlefields between the Heike and the Genji clans.
		Yashima, so called because of its shape like the roof of a traditional Japanese farm house, is a mesa headland jutting out into the Seto Inland Sea.
		The battle was fought not on the sea but on the coast, creating thousands of episodes including the death of Sato Tsugunobu sacrificing himself for Yoshitsune, Nasuno Yoichi's skillful shot at the fan, Yoshitsune's drop of his bow in the water and many others.
	www.city.takamatsu.kagawa.jp /english/rekisi/genpei/02.html (403 words)

	Genpei War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leaving Izu Province, heading for the Hakone Pass, he was defeated by the Taira in the battle of Ishibashiyama, but successfully made it to the provinces of Kai and Kozuke, where the Takeda and other friendly families helped repel the Taira army.
		The Minamoto engaged the Taira fleet in the Straits of Shimonoseki, a tiny body of water separating the islands of Honshu and Kyushu.
		1184 Battle of Ichi-no-Tani - the Minamoto attack one of the Taira's primary fortresses.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gempei_War (2963 words)

	Battles of Ichinotani and Yashima
		Screens depicting battle scenes were popular during the seventeenth century because they stood as testaments to the warrior ideals of martial bravery and fierce loyalty.
		On the right screen is the battle in spring of 1184 at Ichinotani (near present-day Kobe on the mainland), which resulted from a surprise attack by the Minamoto.
		On the left screen is the subsequent engagement at Yashima (on the coast of the island of Shikoku), where the Taira had taken refuge after their defeat at Ichinotani.
	www.asiasociety.org /arts/japanesescreens/scr01.html (497 words)

	JAANUS / Yashima kassen　屋島合戦
		A pictorial subject depicting scenes from the "Battle at Yashima," an important engagement in the Genpei Battles Genpei kassen 源平合戦 and setting for several dramatic incidents, such as Yuminagashi 弓流し and Ougi-no-mato 扇の的, which were later celebrated in literature and art.
		The "Battle at Yashima" is one of the main scenes of painting of the Genpei battles Genpei kassen-zu 源平合戦図 usually depicted on folding screens *byoubu 屏風, such as the 17c example in the Tokyo National Museum.
		Episodes from the battle were often rendered in warrior prints musha-e 武者絵 by ukiyo-e 浮世絵 artists especially in the 19c.
	www.aisf.or.jp /~jaanus/deta/y/yashimakassen.htm (176 words)

	JNTO Website \| Find a Location \| Kagawa \| Yashima
		Yashima is a peninsula of lava situated at the east to Takamatsu in the northern part of Kagawa that protrudes into the Seto Inland Sea.
		Yashima is a famous battleground where a samurai general Minamoto-no-Yoshitsune of the Genji clan defeated the enemy clan, the Heike in the 12th century.
		This event was started after the episode that officers and soldiers of the Genji clan who won the battle of Yashima threw their wooden headpieces from the mountaintop and shouted in triumph.
	www.jnto.go.jp /eng/location/regional/kagawa/yashima.html (365 words)

	Takamatsu Capital Area of Kagawa
		Irrigated by the River Koto, protected by Yashima and Goshiki-dai lava mesas, its centre is the political, economic and cultural heart of the region.
		Yashima, a pine-wooded tableland at the northeastern tip of Takamatsu, is one of the world's rare lava mesas - a Natural Monument - about 290 m high, 3 km wide, jutting 5 km out into the Inland Sea.
		Yashima also overlooks the place where the most decisive sea battles were fought in 1185 between the 2 rival clans \ Genji (the Minamoto clan) and Heike (the Taira clan).
	www.waoe.org /steve/kagawa/capital.html (6208 words)

	Ultimate Mark: Data Evolution: Gundam Setting Notes
		Battles aren't decided only by combat between spaceships, and victory or defeat are determined just as in ancient times, starting with the capture of enemy territory by infantry.
		There are 26 of these boys and girls, from 19-year-old Bright Noa down to 4-year-old Kikka, and this group of 26 is the focus of the story.
		The population is reduced by 50 percent due to the Three Day Battle and the Battle of Loum.
	www.ultimatemark.com /gundam/archive/gundamsetting.html (3136 words)

	Naval Battle of Dannoura
		The great naval battle of Dannoura in 1185 was the final climax of a long series of bitter wars of two powerful families in feudal Japan.
		The battle was fought by bows and arrows from ship to ship and in hand-to-hand combat after boarding the enemy ships.
		When the battle was lost for the Taira, many Taira noblemen committed suicide by jumping into the sea and drowning themselves.
	www.artelino.com /articles/naval_battle_dannoura.asp (971 words)

	RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR : Encyclopedia Entry
		A series of indecisive naval engagements followed, in which the Admiral Togo was unable to attack the Russian fleet successfully under the land guns of the harbor and the Russians declined to leave the harbor for the open seas, especially after the death of Admiral Stepan Osipovich Makarov on 13 April.
		On 1 May 1904, the Battle of the Yalu River, in which Japanese troops stormed a Russian position after an unopposed crossing of the river, was the first major land battle of the war.
		These battles, including the Battle of Nanshan on 25 May, were marked by heavy Japanese losses attacking entrenched Russian positions, but the Russians remained passive and failed to counterattack.
	www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Russo-Japanese_War (3286 words)

	The Competition katanas from Last Legend Competition Blades
		This blade is torizori (curve of blade at center) with full niku (convex shape on sides of blade), a striking masame hada (wave grain pattern) in the folded blade, a taper from machi (blade at habaki) to yokote (tip line), and a longer chu kissaki (slightly longer tip).
		The Yashima family of blades are well-balanced and quick in the hand.
		They are Keicho Shinto style blades with some koshizori (curve of blade more toward habaki), with masame hada (wave grain pattern) in the folded blades, full niku (convex shape on sides of blade), a significant taper from machi (blade at habaki) to yokote (tip line), and a longer chu kissaki (slightly longer tip).
	www.swordarmory.com /05kat/05kat.htm (1379 words)

	The Battle Blade - The Yashima Family of katana swords - From Last Legend Competition Blades
		The Yashima tsuba is a copy of an old original tsuba.
		Yashima Nohara grade 3F katana - dual steel 2048 layer folded - differentially clay tempered
		Yashima Nohara grade 2 katana - 1090 steel differentially clay tempered -
	www.lastlegend.com /05kat/yashima/yashima.html (1249 words)

	By the Sword, Inc. Yashima
		First off, the battle geometry is NOT designed for non martial artists to replay their favorite samurai movie. They are designed to withstand the pressure of harder targets than the Pro Cutters. The design of the Yashoma family firmly departs from all previous Last Legend blades in all design criteria's.
		The Yashima Family - In The Yashima family of blades are well balanced and quick in the hand.
		Yashima dual-steel 8192 layer folded blade - Differentially clay tempered
	www.by-the-sword.com /acatalog/Yashima.html (1384 words)

	Swords from Last Legend - By The Sword, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Last Legend's long awaited Ranger Battle sword is finally here (or will be in Sept.), and it features our new scabbard design, no longer will a long sword tip like the Ranger's need training wheels to drag on the ground.
		The Battle sword is a limited edition, with each sword individually numbered, with a total production run limited to 400 units worldwide.
		The Battle Ax is a limited edition, with each ax individually numbered, with a total production run limited to 400 units worldwide.
	www.by-the-sword.com /lastlegend.html (1922 words)

	Notes for Tale of Heike, Chapter 11
		It is from this point that Kagetoki is "consumed by hatred of Yoshitsune." The battle begins with the Taira pressing an early advantage based on better strategy.
		The Nun of Second Rank, Kiyomori's wife and grandmother to the eight-year-old emperor Antoku, leaps to her drowning, with the boy in her arms.
		The battle at Dan-no-ura, indeed the entire Gempei war basically, is in its final moments at the end of this section.
	www.sonic.net /~tabine/Heike/Heikechpt11.html (1829 words)

	Japanese Battle Instructions
		These battle plans show the scheme to be followed when the full strength of the Combined Fleet meets the enemy's fleet, of nearly equal force, and joins battle with them.
		Of course, the conditions of warfare are always changing in accordance with the strategy adopted by ourselves and the enemy; we cannot always expect to have an open fight in the open sea.
		After the order for battle speed has been given, each ship will haul down her speed signal, leaving up only the revolution signal.
	www.russojapanesewar.com /instruct.html (2241 words)

	Yoko NGE All-In-One FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Operation Yashima takes its name from the Yashima Battle, year one of the Bunji era (1185), during the Genpei wars.
		According to the legend, during the battle, the samurai Yoichi Nasuno (aka Nasu no Yoichi), while riding his horse in the water, hit the red fan of his enemy Tamamushi with an arrow from long distance, thus resolving the battle.
		Analogy with the Yashima operation is evidently the need for an accurate long distance shot (from behind 'the water' of lake Ashino) to resolve the battle.
	eva.netroof.net /faq/faqansw.php?mode=full&t=408 (171 words)

	GLOSSARY OF JAPANESE GO TERMS (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Throughout the battle, even though it may never participate in the front lines, the enemy must keep considering its possible entry into the battle.
		Century; carried by the retainers of a daimyo in battle (and the daimyo himself) and displaying individual family crests, patterns, or written characters.
		With no more battles to fight, the Edo samurai refined their ways of thinking and in many ways shaped the romantic way in which samurai history is now perceived.
	home.comcast.net /~Michael.Lester/GoGlossary.html (11819 words)

	Zhang Xiao Hong's Home page!
		Yashima, a pine-wooded tableland to the northeast of downtown Takamatsu, is one of the world's rare lava mesas, about 290 m high, 3 km wide, jutting 5 km out into the sea.
		One of the observatories, Dankorei ’k’J—ä@B, commands a view of the inlet fringed with memoriasl to the Gempei Yashima Battle (the second last battle in Gempei War fought between the two rival clans, the Minamotos and the Tairas).
		In 1181 the patriarch of the clan Taira no kiyomori died just when the Tairas faced more battles against the Minamotos, who were gradually consolidating their power.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Pantheon/7197/students/899046.html (2778 words)

	Samurai Dave - The Roving Ronin Report » Blog Archive » YABUSAME: Japanese horseback archery
		At the Battle of Yashima, the Heike, having been defeated in battle, fled to Yashima and took to their boats.
		To be able to calmly draw ones bow, aim, and fire in the heat of battle, and then repeat, was the mark of a true samurai who had mastered his training and his fear.
		At the Battle of Nagashino in 1575 well-placed groups of musket-men firing in volleys practically annihilated the cavalry charges of the Takeda clan.
	samuraidave.wordpress.com /2006/08/07/yabusame-japanese-horseback-archery (1457 words)

	Death & Rebirth - Terminology (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When executing the Yashima strategy, power supply throughout Japan was temporarily halted, and this massive amount of electrical power was used to generate and discharge a super-high bolt of energy in order to pierce the A.T.Field from super-long range.
		It first experienced actual combat when it battled the 6th Angel on the Pacific Ocean, and was thereafter stationed at NERV HQ and committed to the defense of New-Tokyo-3 in the capacity of intercepting the Angels.
		Normally housed in the shoulder portion, it is ejected and used according to the battle conditions.
	www.evaotaku.com /html/dr2-glossary2.html (7923 words)

	Battle of Yashima
		Following a long string of defeats, the Taira retreated to Yashima, today's Takamatsu, just off the coast of Shikoku.
		The Minamoto were victorious, but the majority of the Taira fleet escaped to Dan-no-ura.
		It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/ba/Battle%20of%20Yashima.htm (278 words)

	The Mikusa Family of Competition Samurai swords - From Last Legend Competition Blades
		The Mikusa katana family of blades are similar to the Yashima family.
		This blade is torizori with full niku, a striking masame hada in the folded blade, a dramatic taper from machi to yokote, and a longer chu kissaki.
		This blade will combine the cutting ability of the pro cutter series with the agility of the battle series.
	www.lastlegend.com /05kat/mikusa/mikusa.html (1261 words)

	Library of Londenion - Shin Matsunaga
		The Matsunaga family was one of the famou families during this time along with EF's Yashima family (Mirai's family).
		During this battle, his commander was KIA and was promoted-on-the-spot as Warrant Officer.
		He sunk 2 Salamis class ships in t his battle and earned a 2 rank promotion to Lt. He became known as the "White Wolf" when he piloted his custom MS-06F, which had a white shoulder spikes and a White Wolf emblem on the shield.
	side7.gundam.com /rgz/chara/matsunaga.html (243 words)

	Station 15 - Iizuka Discussion
		In the battle a Yashima he placed himself between Yoshitsune and the enemy and was killed by an arrow intended for Yoshitsune.
		The time is early in the fifth month and all the homes have paper streamers to mark the presence of brave boys; a tradition that derives from Benkei's satchel and Yoshitsune's sword.
		The poem is divided by the verb 'kazaru.' the satchel and the sword are empty emblems of the past while the paper streamers are present and real.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~kohl/basho/15-iizuka/discussion.html (1057 words)

	yoshitsune (Site not responding. Last check: )
		While Mochihito would be killed in June and Minamoto Yorimasa crushed at the Battle of the Uji, a fire had been set and in September Yoritomo raised an army in the Kanto.
		Yoshitsune defeated and killed his rival cousin Minamoto no Yoshinaka at the battle of Awazu in Omi Province in the first month of 1184 and in the next month defeated the Taira at the Battle of Ichi-no-Tani in present day Kobe.
		In 1185, Yoshitsune defeated the Taira again at the Battle of Yashima in Shikoku and destroyed them at the Battle of Dan-no-ura in present day Yamaguchi Prefecture.
	yoshitsune.blogdrive.com (1793 words)

	The Battleship Kongo
		Previously, naval battles had been fought at close quarters, and many warships in the late 19th century had been built with rams.
		The consensus of opinion seems to be that the "battle cruiser" was misconceived -- neither fish nor fowl: too much of a battleship to be relegated to cruiser tasks, but too little of a battleship to be hazarded in the line-of-battle.
		There were other advantages too, however, and the Battle of Tsushima, 27-28 May 1905, turned out to be one of the more decisive naval battles in history, with most of the Russian fleet, including all the battleships, either sunk or captured.
	www.friesian.com /kongo.htm (6746 words)

	Kimono Flea Market Ichiroya == about us ==
		Battle of Ichinotani(1184)--- Taira clan was in the castle with a hundred thousand soldiers, and Yoshitsune had to attack with 65,000 soldiers.
		The battle of Kawanakajima, war against Shingen Takeda is the one of themost famous battle in history.
		Boys are born to be disappointed again and again as they grow up.
	www.ichiroya.com /newsletter.htm (19851 words)

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		Introduction to clan conflict between the Heike and the Genji, to major historical characters and the imperial family, and to life of the nobility and the decadence of court life in the capital Heiankyo (Kyoto).
		Chapter 12, "Fire at Dawn," describes the Battle of Yashima, portraying the brilliant military genius of Yoshitsune as he leads a surprise attack on the Heike clan.
		Once again, Paterson is true to history in her description of the white cloud and dolphin omens, the critical turning of the High Priest of Kumano Shrine to support the Genji, and the tragic end to which many of the Heike clan succumb.
	www.smith.edu /fcceas/curriculum/berkwood.htm (4563 words)

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