Battle of Ujigawa

Japanese: 宇治川の戦 - うじがわのたたかい
Battle of Ujigawa
(1) A battle in 1184 between the armies of Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Minamoto no Yoshinaka across the Uji River. The story of Yoshitsune's army, Sasaki Takatsuna and Kajiwara Kagesue, riding on Ikezuki and Surusumi, competing for the lead in the vanguard is well-known in the Tale of the Heike. (2) During the Jōkyū War in 1221, this was the final battle between the shogunate army led by Hojo Yasutoki and the imperial army. The imperial army was defeated and the shogunate army entered Kyoto. → Uji

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Japanese:
(1)1184年宇治川をはさんだ源義経軍と源義仲軍との戦い。義経軍の佐々木高綱と梶原景季(かげすえ)が生食(いけずき),磨墨(するすみ)に乗って先陣争いをした話は《平家物語》で有名。(2)1221年の承久の乱の際,北条泰時らの幕府軍と朝廷軍との最後の戦い。朝廷軍大敗で,幕府軍入京。→宇治

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