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Siege of Hiuchi
| Siege of Hiuchi | |||||||||||||||||
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| Conflict | Genpei War | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | April-May,1183 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place | Hiuchiyama, in Echizen Province | ||||||||||||||||
| Result | Taira Clan victory | ||||||||||||||||
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Hiuchiyama (火打ち山) was one of Minamoto no Yoshinaka's fortresses in Echizen Province. In April and May of 1183, a Taira force led by Taira no Koremori attacked the fortress.
It was built on rocky crags, and well defended; the Minamoto had even built a dam to create a moat. However, a traitor within the fortress tied a message to an arrow, firing it into the Taira camp, and revealing a way to breach the dam and drain the water. The castle soon fell to the Taira, but Yoshinaka and much of his forces survived and escaped.
References
- Sansom, George (1958). 'A History of Japan to 1334'. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
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