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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Minamoto no Yoshinaka

Battles of Minamoto no Yoshinaka

12th century samurai, 1154 to 1184

Minamoto no Yoshinaka is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1180 and 1184: 3 battles and 2 sieges, all in present-day Japan. Taken in date order, the sites lie 322 km apart end to end, 80 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Genpei War (5).

Battle of IchiharaSiege of HiuchiSiege of HōjūjidonoBattle of UjiBattle of AwazuBattle of IchiharaSiege of HiuchiSiege of HōjūjidonoBattle of UjiBattle of AwazuNagoyaYokohamaKōbeKanazawaHamamatsuShizuokaTsuGifuFukuiMatsumoto200 km35.761N, 136.983E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1180: 1 engagements1183: 1 engagements1184: 3 engagements3 in 118411801184
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Ichihara, 1180Siege of Hiuchi, 1183Siege of Hōjūjidono, 1184Battle of Uji, 1184Battle of Awazu, 118411801184
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1180Battle of IchiharaJapanMinamoto victory
April 1183Siege of HiuchiYunoo Pass, Japan203 km SWSiege succeeds; fortress falls, but Minamoto survive and...
3 January 1184Siege of HōjūjidonoHōjū-ji Temple, Japan95 km SWSiege succeeds; Minamoto no Yoshinaka victory
4 March 1184Battle of UjiUji, Japan11 km SMinamoto no Yoshitsune et al. victory
4 March 1184Battle of AwazuOtsu, Japan13 km NEMinamoto no Yoshitsune et al. victory; Minamoto no...

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.