Battle of Kojima

Battle of Kojima
	Part of the Genpei War
	; Ukiyo-e depiction of the Battle of Fujito
Date	1184
Location	Kojima, on the coast of the Seto Inland Sea34°33′21.5″N 133°47′58.7″E / 34.555972°N 133.799639°E
Result	Minamoto victory
Belligerents
Minamoto clan	Taira clan
Commanders and leaders
Minamoto no Noriyori; Sasaki Moritsuna;	Taira no Yukimori
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Japan

The Battle of Kojima (児島合戦), also called Battle of Fujito (藤戸の戦い), was a battle of the Genpei War of the Heian period of Japanese history, and took place in 1184.^[1]^[2]

Battle

In pursuit of the fleeing Taira from Ichi-no-Tani, on their way to Yashima, Minamoto no Noriyori engaged and defeated his enemies in battle at Kojima. The attack was led by Sasaki Moritsuna, who swam his horse across a narrow strait between Kojima and the mainland of Honshū.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. Cassell & Co. p. 204. ISBN 1854095234.
^ ^a ^b Turnbull, Stephen (1977). The Samurai, A Military History. MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 71. ISBN 0026205408.

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[Turnbull2-1] Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. Cassell & Co. p. 204. ISBN 1854095234.

[Turnbull3-2] Turnbull, Stephen (1977). The Samurai, A Military History. MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 71. ISBN 0026205408.

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Battle

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