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Mirror of Great Generals of Japan: Miura Osuke Yoshiaki |
解説 |
Utagawa Yoshikazu 1858 (Ansei 5) Miura Yoshiaki was a warrior who was a lord of Kinugasa Castle at Miura county of Sagami Province during the late of Heian period. In 1180, when the surviving child of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Minamoto no Yoritomo raised his army, Yoshiaki decided to join Yoritomo’s army and raised his army constructed by his whole clan. However soon after he left the Kinugasa Castle, news that Yoritomo was defeated at the battle of Ishibashi-yama arrived, then Yoshiaki returned to his castle and fought from the castle. However, soon the army of the enemy led by Hatakeyama Shigetada attacked this castle. Yoshiaki fought back desperately with all of his army, but soon the situation turned bad and all the arrows to shoot the enemy were running out. Then he decided to die by protecting the castle, after he let his clan to escape to the Awa Province. He died when he was 89 years old. During Edo period, he was known as a veteran with the righteous and compassionate personality. The poetry on the background is “When you are old, and you have already attended upon your master for a long time, think of his master in the same way as you think of your children ”. |
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