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Siege Of Hiuchi | olspan=2 style="background:#ffff99" |Siege of Hiuchi | | onflict | Genpei War | | ate | April-May,1183 | | lace | Hiuchiyama, in Echizen Province | | esult | Taira Clan victory | | olspan=2| {| border=1 width=300 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 | | olspan=2 style="background:#ffff99"|Combatants | | width=50%|Minamoto Clan | width=50%|Taira Clan | | olspan=2|Commanders | | a href="/encyclopedia/Minamoto-no-Yoshinaka" title="Minamoto no Yoshinaka">Minamoto no Yoshinaka | Taira no Koremori | | olspan=2|Strength | | nknown | Unknown | | olspan=2|Casualties | | nknown | Unknown | } | Hiuchiyama(火打ち山) was one of Minamoto no Yoshinaka's fortresses in Echizen Province. In April and May of 1183, a Taira force led by Taira no Koremori attacked the fortress. It was built on rocky crags, and well defended; the Minamoto had even built a dam to create a moat. However, a traitor within the fortress tied a message to an arrow, firing it into the Taira camp, and revealing a way to breach the dam and drain the water. The castle soon fell to the Taira, but Yoshinaka and much of his forces survived and escaped. References - Sansom, George (1958). 'A History of Japan to 1334'. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
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