Pictures of Genji-Heike Battles

Of Nightingales That Weep ch. 1	Battle of Uji River (Kuniyoshi Project)
ch. 7	Genji attack on the imperial palace (Boston Museum of Fine Arts) Detail: attack on the imperial palace (Boston Museum of Fine Arts) Preparing to escape from the imperial palace (Boston Museum of Fine Arts) Escaping the attack on the imperial palace (Boston Museum of Fine Arts)
ch. 8	Battle of Ichi no Tani  (China History Forum) Yoshitsune looks down from the cliff above (Kuniyoshi Project) Yoshitsune at the Battle of Ichi no Tani (Samurai Archives)
ch. 12	Battle of Yashima (John Wallace's site on The Tale of the Heike) Shooting the emperor's fan (China History Forum) Detail: shooting the emperor's fan (Samurai Archives)
ch. 14	Strait of Shimonoseki, site of the Battle of Dan no Ura (Boston Museum of Fine Arts) Battle of Dan no Ura (John Wallace's site on The Tale of the Heike) Tomomori warns the royal ladies (Kuniyoshi Project) Empress Kenreimon'in jumps (Hayashibara Art Museum, from John Wallace's site) Ships crash and sink (Kuniyoshi Project)

Heike attempting to cross the Uji River after the Genji and the rebel Prince Mochihito, 1180

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Yoshinaka's night attack on the imperial palace, August 17, 1183.

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Detail: attack on the imperial palace

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Preparing to escape from the imperial palace 

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Escaping the attack on the imperial palace

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