[Liste III/55] Samuraï camp and baggages

My two sons and I have each developed a Samurai army, which allows us to play a war between clans but also to unite the three armies to constitute a big battle army.

As a result, our Japanese camp is divisible into three small camps intended for single DBA parties. Each with the specific Món of his clan. The choice was made to strongly differentiate each of the three small camps in order to give the big battle camp a non-monolithic aspect.

Antoine's encampment: This is the screen of Mön's armored canvas with its lord at rest.

Image from Akira Kurosawa's film RAN

Film Kagemusha, by Akira Kurosawa

 

The baggage of Quentin: a musician communicating the instructions of the general to the army by means of a Taiko (great drum).

 

 

My baggage: two servants carrying a palanquin whose occupant went out to give his orders relayed by a seashell bell ringer.

 

[List III/55] Japanes Gempei period 源平合戦

It is the Japanese army (List 55, Book III) representing the Samurai armies before the mongol invasion.

This army has two peculiarities:

- It brings together in a single army BBDBA the armies DBA of three players (those of my two sons and mine). Thus, according to the desire of the moment, it is possible for us to align an important force against one of our other armies or to oppose our Japanese armies in a civil confrontation between clans.

- The chosen period is that of the period Gempei (the list of book III) for two reasons: the beauty of armor of that time and the presence in the list of riders classified 6Cv. Indeed, our great army forces us to choose types of troops which we do not have plethora in the other armies. On the other hand, we opted for banners and standards (shashimono or others) of the period Sengoku_Jidai (XVI century), which is historically incompatible. We were guided in this choice by simple aesthetic considerations.

The composition of the army:

This one is relatively simple but quite original because of the type of mounted troops. The cavalry compensates by a greater power against the infantry which it loses in mobility because of a much deeper pedestal.

- 3 generals on horseback 3 Cv
- 9 Bushi 6Cv (each element with three riders in the first row, followed by 3 foot servants)
- 9 Bushi Minors 3Bd
- 15 next 3Ax

The camps

More photos yet to come.

The Gempei War is the culmination of long decades of conflict between the two clans for the domination of the Imperial Court (and, by extension, Japan). During the Hōgen and Heiji rebellions of previous decades, the Minamoto tried unsuccessfully to regain control in the Taira. They then began a long series of executions, with the aim of eliminating once and for all their rivals.

In 1177, the relations between the withdrawn emperor Go-Shirakawa (白河 白河) and the Taira clan became very tense, and the former emperor attempted a coup d'état to overthrow the Daijō-daijin (政 大臣 大臣) ) Taira no Kiyomori (清盛 清盛), who had him arrested in 1179 and abolished the insei (政 政), or government withdrawn, which provoked a strong anti-Taira opposition.

On March 21, 1180, Taira no Kiyomori put his grandson Antoku (徳 徳) on the imperial throne, then only three years old, after the abdication of Emperor Takakura (倉 倉). Prince Mochihito (仁王 仁王), son of Go-Shirakawa, considers himself wronged from his place on the throne and, with Minamoto no Yorimasa, launches on 5 May a call to arms to the various families of samurai and Buddhist monasteries.

• 1180: First Battle of Uji (治 治 の い い) - considered the first battle of the Genpei War, the Byōdō-in monks fight alongside Minamoto no Yorimasa.
• 1180: Seat of Nara (奈良) - Taira set fire to temples and monasteries in order to cut supply to their rivals.
• 1180: Battle of Ishibashiyama (山 山 の い い) - first battle of Minamoto no Yoritomo against the Taira.
• 1180: Battle of Fujigawa (士川 士川 の い い) - The Taira confuse a group of waterfowl with a surprise attack of the Minamoto during the night, and withdraw without fighting.
• 1181: Battle of Sunomata (俣 俣 の い い) - The Taira counteract a surprise attack during the night.
• 1181: Battle of Yahagigawa (作 川 川 の い い) - The Minamoto, withdrawing from Sunomata, try to hold the ground.
• 1183: Siege of Hiuchi - the Taira attack a Minamoto fortress.
• 1183: Battle of Kurikara (利伽羅 利伽羅 の い い) - the war turns in favor of the Minamoto.
• 1184: Siege of Hōjūjidono (住 寺 殿 殿) - Minamoto no Yoshinaka, because of the ravages it causes in Kyoto, is attacked by sympathizers of the Taira
• 1184: Second Battle of Uji - in response to the betrayal of Minamoto no Yoshinaka, his cousin Minamoto no Yoshitsune is forced to attack him.
• 1184: Battle of Awazu (津 津 の い い) - Minamoto no Yoshinaka is defeated and killed by Yoshitsune and Noriyori.
• 1184: Battle of Ichi-no-Tani (一 の 谷 の い い) - The Minamoto attack one of the main fortresses of Taira
• 1184: Battle of Kojima (島 島 の い い) - Noriyori attacks with his riders a Taira force fleeing by boat.
• 1185: Battle of Yashima (島 島 の い い) - The Minamoto storm the fortress of their enemies, just off Shikoku.
• 1185: Battle of Dan-no-ura (ノ 浦 浦 の い い) - the decisive naval battle that ends the war.

Référence: site Wikipedia