Battle of Shijō Nawate

Battle of Shijō Nawate

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Shijō Nawate


caption="The last stand of the Kusunoki at Shijonawate" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
partof=the Nanboku-chō period
date=1348
place=Yoshino, Japan
result=Northern Court victory
combatant1=Northern Court
combatant2=Southern Court
commander1=Kō no Moroyasu
Kō no Moronao
commander2=Kusunoki Masatsura
Kitabatake ChikafusaThe 1348 Battle of Shijō Nawate was a battle of the Nanboku-chō period of Japanese history, and took place in Yoshino, Japan. It was fought between the armies of the Northern and Southern Emperors of Japan. The Southern army, led by Kusunoki Masatsura was attacked at Yoshino, the temporary palace of the Imperial residence. Feeling too weak to defend the residence, Masatsura marched out with his whole force to meet his assailants. Kitabatake Chikafusa, meanwhile, led his force towards Izumi, diverting some of the attackers away from the palace.

Kusunoki engaged the enemy commander Kō no Moroyasu in single combat, and, it is said, was about to take Kō's head when he was struck by an arrow; Kusunoki then committed "seppuku". The battle ended in a Northern Court victory, but the Southern Court fled Yoshino, leaving little for their enemies to capture.

References

*George Bruce. Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles. (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981) (ISBN 0442223366).


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