The Battle of Kojima (児島合戦), also called Battle of Fujito (藤戸の戦い), was a battle of the
Genpei War
The was a national civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the late Heian period of Japan. It resulted in the downfall of the Taira and the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate under Minamoto no Yoritomo, who appointed himself ...
of the
Heian period
The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kanmu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means "peace" in Japanese. ...
of
Japanese history
The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to prehistoric times around 30,000 BC. The Jōmon period, named after its cord-marked pottery, was followed by the Yayoi period in the first millennium BC when new invent ...
, and took place in 1184.
Battle
In pursuit of the fleeing
Taira
The Taira was one of the four most important clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian, Kamakura and Muromachi Periods of Japanese history – the others being the Fujiwara, the Tachibana, and the Minamoto. The clan is divided i ...
from
Ichi-no-Tani, on their way to
Yashima,
Minamoto no Noriyori
was a late Heian period general, who fought alongside his brothers Minamoto no Yoritomo and Minamoto no Yoshitsune at a number of battles of the Genpei War. He was the sixth son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo.
Early life
As children, he and his brot ...
engaged and defeated his enemies in battle at
Kojima Kojima may refer to:
Surname
* Kojima (surname)
Places
* Kōjima, an island known for wild monkeys in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
* Kojima, an uninhabited island belonging to the Tokara Islands, in the southern part of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japa ...
. The attack was led by Sasaki Moritsuna, who swam his horse across a narrow strait between
Kojima Kojima may refer to:
Surname
* Kojima (surname)
Places
* Kōjima, an island known for wild monkeys in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
* Kojima, an uninhabited island belonging to the Tokara Islands, in the southern part of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japa ...
and the mainland of
Honshū
, historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island separa ...
.
See also
* ''
The Tale of Heike
is an epic account compiled prior to 1330 of the struggle between the Taira clan and Minamoto clan for control of Japan at the end of the 12th century in the Genpei War (1180–1185). Heike () refers to the Taira (), ''hei'' being the ''on'yo ...
''
References
1180s in Japan
1184 in Asia
Kojima 1184
Kojima Kojima may refer to:
Surname
* Kojima (surname)
Places
* Kōjima, an island known for wild monkeys in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
* Kojima, an uninhabited island belonging to the Tokara Islands, in the southern part of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japa ...
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