Editing Siege of Hiuchi

{{Short description|Siege in 1183 in Japan}}
{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict=Siege of Hiuchi
|partof=the [[Genpei War]]
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|date=April–May 1183
|place=Hiuchiyama, [[Echizen Province]]
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|result=Siege succeeds; fortress falls, but [[Minamoto]] survive and escape
|combatant1=[[Minamoto clan]]
|combatant2=[[Taira clan]]
|commander1=[[Minamoto no Yoshinaka]]
|commander2=[[Taira no Koremori]]
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{{Campaignbox Genpei War}}

{{nihongo|'''Hiuchiyama'''|火打ち山}} was one of [[Minamoto no Yoshinaka|Minamoto no Yoshinaka's]] fortresses in [[Echizen Province]], [[Japan]]. In April and May 1183, a [[Taira]] force led by [[Taira no Koremori]] attacked the fortress.<ref name=Sansom>{{Cite book |last=Sansom |first=George |title=A History of Japan to 1334 |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1958 |ISBN=0804705232 |page=293}}</ref>
 
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 [[Minamoto no Yoshinaka|Yoshinaka]] and much of his forces survived and escaped.<ref name=Turnbull2>{{Cite book |last=Turnbull |first=Stephen |title=The Samurai Sourcebook |publisher=Cassell & Co. |year=1998 |ISBN=1854095234 |page=201}}</ref><ref name=Turnbull3>{{Cite book |last=Turnbull |first=Stephen |title=The Samurai, A Military History |publisher=MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. |year=1977 |ISBN=0026205408 |page=58}}</ref>

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[[Category:1180s in Japan]]
[[Category:1183 in Asia]]
[[Category:Sieges of the Genpei War]]
[[Category:Echizen Province]]
[[Category:Conflicts in 1183]]
[[Category:Attacks on military installations in Japan]]
[[Category:Military history of Fukui Prefecture]]