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Battle Of Kojima | olspan=2 style="background:#ffff99" |Battle of Kojima | | onflict | Genpei War | | ate | 1184 | | lace | Kojima, on the coast of the Seto Inland Sea | | esult | Minamoto 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-Noriyori" title="Minamoto no Noriyori">Minamoto no Noriyori, Sasaki Moritsuna | Unknown | | olspan=2|Strength | | nknown | Unknown | | olspan=2|Casualties | | nknown | Unknown | } | Following 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 Honshu. References - Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
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