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commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Battles of Minamoto no Yoshitsune

samurai of the late Heian and early Kamakura period, 1159 to 1189

Minamoto no Yoshitsune is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1184 and 1189: 5 battles and 1 naval action, all in present-day Japan. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,550 km apart end to end, 310 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Genpei War (5).

Battle of Koromo RiverBattle of UjiBattle of AwazuBattle of Ichi-no-TaniBattle of YashimaBattle of Dan-no-uraBattle of UjiBattle of AwazuBattle of Ichi-no-TaniBattle of YashimaBattle of Dan-no-uraHiroshimaFukuokaSendaiNaganoKōchiSakataYokohamaNiigataKanazawaPohang500 km36.481N, 136.035E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1184: 3 engagements3 in 11841185: 2 engagements1189: 1 engagements11841189
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Uji, 1184Battle of Awazu, 1184Battle of Ichi-no-Tani, 1184Battle of Yashima, 1185Battle of Dan-no-ura, 1185Battle of Koromo River, 118911841189
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
4 March 1184Battle of UjiUji, JapanMinamoto no Yoshitsune et al. victory
4 March 1184Battle of AwazuOtsu, Japan13 km NEMinamoto no Yoshitsune et al. victory; Minamoto no...
20 March 1184Battle of Ichi-no-TaniFukuhara-kyō, Japan82 km SWMinamoto victory
22 March 1185Battle of YashimaYashima, Japan96 km WMinamoto victory
25 April 1185Battle of Dan-no-uraDan-no-ura, Japan294 km WMinamoto clan victory
1189Battle of Koromo RiverTakadachi Gikeidō, Japan1,066 km NEFujiwara no Yasuhira victory

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.