Genpei War [ Genpei War ] Minamoto no Yoritomo, who was defeated in the first battle of Ishibashiyama, escaped to Awa no Kuni and challenged himself to the battle of Fujigawa.
Even the 13 Lords of Kamakura Hojo Tokimasa Is Miura Yoshizumi Was pushed down to the lake, and the waterfowl fled all at once, and the depiction that the Taira clan's army fled with the sound of the feathers was broadcast. The famous episode that Mr. Taira escaped with the sound of a waterfowl is Azuma Kagami . Also [ the sound of the wings is just like an army ] There is.
So this time, on March 6, 2022, [ 13 Lords of Kamakura ] But the Battle of Fujigawa was broadcast I would like to write about.
History of the Battle of Fujigawa
Genpei War is 1180 Beginning with, various battles were fought over about 10 years.
Among the many battles, Battle of Fujigawa Is one of them.
August 1180 First battle with the Heike side [ Battle of Ishibashiyama ], Minamoto no Yoritomo escapes to Awa Province (currently Boso Peninsula, Chiba Prefecture) and tries to recover. Therefore, the local lords, Chiba Sojo and Kazusa Hirotsune Succeeded in attaching to allies, and the Bando warriors on the Boso Peninsula will re-establish themselves.
Yoritomo, who had a large army on his side, Musashi Province with his feet. I entered.
Once the hostile Musashi Province, Hatakeyama, descended to the military gate, Yoritomo was the land of Genji's revival on October 6, 4th year of Jisho [ Kamakura . ] I have entered. Upon learning of this report, Taira no Kiyomori dispatched the Genji subjugation army with Taira no Koremori as the general general. On October 20, the Taira army and the Genji army collided in the Fuji River in Suruga Province.
Genpei's main military commander involved in the Battle of Fujigawa
Genjikata [Bando warriors led by Minamoto no Yoritomo]
Minamoto no Yoritomo … In the taiga, the Genji builder called Saden.
Hojo Tokimasa / Yoshitoki Parents and Children … Serve Yoritomo and invade Suruga.
Nobuyoshi Takeda … The ancestor of Shingen Takeda, Kai Genji, invaded Suruga in response to Yoritomo and defeated the local army of the Heike clan.
Heikekata [Genji Subjugation Army led by Kiyomori's grandson, Koremori]
Taira no Koremori ... Kiyomori's grandson, he is the general general of the Genji subjugation.
Oba Kagechika … A leading samurai of Sagami Province, he served as the general general of the Heike clan in the Battle of Ishibashiyama, and sprained Yoritomo's nose, but in this battle he lost to Genji.
Ito Sukechika … Captured by Genji and entrusted to his son-in-law, Miura Yoshizumi.
Toshige Tachibana … The power of the local Taira clan in Suruga. It will be destroyed by Kai Genji's army.
Battle of Fujigawa and the results
Taira no Koremori's subjugation army, led by Taira no Koremori, who marched to the east to suppress the rebellion of Minamoto no Yoritomo, was October 18, 1180 . We will set up on the west bank of the Fuji River. On the other hand, the Minamoto no Yoritomo army sent soldiers west to Kashima near the Fuji River on the 20th.
The 13 Lords of Kamakura escaped a large army of waterfowl Hojo Tokimasa It was a depiction like a credit (magure), but in this battle, when Kai Genji's Takeda's army tried to attack at night on the night of the 20th, the waterfowl who took off surprised this and said that the sound of the wings was attacked by the large army. It is reported that the misunderstood Taira clan's army collapsed and routed.
Mr. Taira and Mr. Genji, who were facing each other across the Fuji River, ended without a full-scale battle. Yoritomo suffered a painful defeat at Mt. Ishibashi, but the battle of Fujigawa ended with a splendid victory.
The victory in this battle is said to have established Genji's superiority in the eastern country.
There is also an episode about the Battle of Fujigawa, October 21, 1180 . There was a young man seeking a visit to Yoritomo, who had returned to the Kisegawa inn after routing the Heike army on the Fuji River.
That is my younger brother, Minamoto no Yoshitsune was.
Minamoto no Yoshitsune rushed from Oshu Hiraizumi when he learned of his brother Yoritomo's recruitment.
This anecdote is the 9th episode of the 13 Lords of Kamakura [ the eve of the decisive battle . ] Was the last scene.
It is said that Yoritomo shed tears and took Yoshitsune's hand as in the drama, and was pleased with the reunion.
After that, Yoshitsune came under the command of Yoritomo and became a big success in the Genpei War with his brother Minamoto no Noriyori.
Pull up to Kamakura without pursuing the Taira clan
Battle of Fujigawa Later, Yoritomo considered pursuing the Taira clan, but decided to return to Kamakura once in response to the opposition of the Bando warriors.
According to the description by the 13 Lords of Kamakura, there was a problem with the procurement of troops. Also, when I consulted with Kazusa, he said that Mr. Satake of Hitachi Province was aiming for Kazusa.
However, in Azuma Kagami, Chiba Tsunetane, Miura Yoshizumi, Kazusa Hirotsune It seems that there was a suggestion to these influential tribes that the eastern country should be unified first. At that time, Mr. Satake of Hitachi Province did not follow Yoritomo and was a threat from behind during Yoritomo's departure.
In response to the suggestion, Minamoto no Yoritomo decided to avenge Mr. Satake, leaving Yoshisada Yasuda in Totomi and Nobuyoshi Takeda in Suruga, and returning to Kamakura to concentrate on the management of the eastern country and the subjugation of Mr. Satake.
November 1180 , Minamoto no Yoritomo always ordered the subjugation of Satake by Kazusa Hiroshi and succeeded in defeating Yoshimasa. After that, Yoshihiro Shida, who is based in Hitachi Province, followed Yoritomo.
In this way, the rule of the Kanto region was solidified, and the territorial relief of the samurai who fought so far and the distribution of the territory confiscated from the enemy [ main territory ando 】The we.
Here, goon and hōkō by Minamoto no Yoritomo and his followers The master-slave relationship was established.
In this way, Minamoto no Yoritomo made an effort to unify the eastern country, and went up to avenge Yoshinaka Kiso 1183 . Until then, I was focusing on eastern management.
It is also believed that the reason why it did not rise immediately was that 1180 was affected by famine due to unseasonable weather, and the above-mentioned military supply problem was more serious than expected.
Procurement of troops is a problem to lead a large army from the eastern country.
It goes without saying that when the troops are scarce, the morale of the generals will decline, and even if they are successful, it will be difficult to prepare food for the generals in Kyoto. If Yoritomo's soldiers break into a private house and rob him of food, the Yoritomo army will be disliked by the people of Kyoto.
Yoritomo is believed to have returned to Kamakura once due to the difficulty in procuring troops due to the effects of famine and the unification of the East.