The Genpei War pt. 4

The Genpei War pt. 4

Congratulations on making it to the fourth and final part of this summary of the Genpei War. We’re on the home stretch now. Just three battles to go—arguably the three most epic battles of the entire war. The sheer number of ukiyo-e paintings depicting them is testament to that fact. What is it about them that makes them so epic? One word… Yoshitsune. Yoritomo’s legendary…

Yoshinaka does his best to fend off Yoshitune's men in the Battle of Awazu - The Genpei War

The Genpei War Pt. 3

We’re on to part three of the 5-year long epic Genpei War now. Things are really starting to heat up. Yoritomo settled himself into Kamakura and is busy taking over the east, leaving the Takeda and his uncle to take care of the front line and put a stop to any Taira advances. Things are about to get even more fiery though; the long drought…