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* ''Born: [[1156]]''

* ''Born: [[1156]]''

* ''Died: [[1193]]''

* ''Died: [[1193]]''

 

[[Minamoto Yoshitomo|Minamoto Yoshitomo’s]] fourth son, Noriyori was spared by [[Taira Kiyomori]] in 1160 along with Yoritomo and Yoshitsune after the murder of their father. Noriyori all but vanishes from history until [[1180]], when he appears in the service of Yoritomo, who declared war on the Taira from his lands in the Kanto.

[[Minamoto Yoshitomo]]’s fourth son, Noriyori was spared by [[Taira Kiyomori]] in 1160 along with Yoritomo and Yoshitsune after the murder of their father. Noriyori all but vanishes from history until [[1180]], when he appears in the service of Yoritomo, who declared war on the Taira from his lands in the Kanto.

In February [[1184]] Noriyori and Yoshitsune led an army of 50,000 against [[Minamoto Yoshinaka]] and easily defeated his forces at the Uji River. After securing the capital, the two brothers received permission to press on against the Taira and marched into Settsu. The objectives there were a number of Taira strongholds located on the western side of the province, including Fukuhara, Ichi-no-Tani, and Ikuta no Mori. [[Taira Munemori]]’s headquarters was at Fukuhara, the approaches to which were screened by the other two forts. In this action, Noriyori, with perhaps 50,000 men under his command, was to take Fukuhara’s ‘front door’, Ikuta no Mori, while Yoshitsune circled around and attacked Ichi-no-Tani with 10,000 men.1 [[The Battle of Ichi-no-Tani]] (as it came to be known) went flawlessly, and the Taira command was forced to flee for Shikoku.  

In February [[1184]] Noriyori and Yoshitsune led an army of 50,000 against [[Minamoto Yoshinaka]] and easily defeated his forces at the Uji River. After securing the capital, the two brothers received permission to press on against the Taira and marched into Settsu. The objectives there were a number of Taira strongholds located on the western side of the province, including Fukuhara, Ichi-no-Tani, and Ikuta no Mori. [[Taira Munemori]]’s headquarters was at Fukuhara, the approaches to which were screened by the other two forts. In this action, Noriyori, with perhaps 50,000 men under his command, was to take Fukuhara’s ‘front door’, Ikuta no Mori, while Yoshitsune circled around and attacked Ichi-no-Tani with 10,000 men.1 [[The Battle of Ichi-no-Tani]] (as it came to be known) went flawlessly, and the Taira command was forced to flee for Shikoku.