Battle of Kurikara Pass - Battle of Kurikara Pass

Japanese: 俱利伽羅峠の戦 - くりからとうげのたたかい

It is also called the Battle of Tonamiyama. It is a battle that took place in May 1183 (Juei 2) at Kurogara Pass on the border between Etchu and Kaga, where Kiso Yoshinaka defeated the army of Taira no Koremori. Yoshinaka raised his army in Shinano in September 1180 (Jisho 4), conquered Shinano and Echigo, and by 1181 had many warriors in the Hokuriku region east of Echizen under his command. In 1182, the war situation was stable nationwide, with the Taira clan in Kyoto, Minamoto no Yoritomo in the east, and Yoshinaka in the Hokuriku region competing for power. In April of the following year, the Taira clan, led by Koremori, sent a large army of 100,000 men to the Hokuriku region, and after skirmishes in Echizen and Kaga, the decisive battle began at Kurogara Pass on May 11.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

〈砺波山（となみやま）の戦〉ともいう。1183年(寿永2)5月，越中･加賀国境の砺波山俱利伽羅峠で，木曾義仲が平維盛の軍を破った戦闘。80年(治承4)9月信濃に挙兵した義仲は，信濃，越後を制圧，81年中には越前以東の北陸道の武士を多く指揮下に置いた。82年は全国的に戦局が動かず，京都の平氏，東国の源頼朝，北陸道の義仲と三勢力鼎立の状況を呈したが，明くる年4月，平氏は維盛以下10万の大軍を北陸道に向け，越前，加賀での前哨戦を経て，5月11日俱利伽羅峠で一大決戦のときを迎えた。

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