"Clash of the Samurai: the history of Japan’s Genpei War" Topic
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Tango01 | 11 May 2020 10:37 p.m. PST |
"Impaled by an arrow, samurai general Minamoto Yorimasa knelt and wrote a farewell poem on his fan: "Like a fossil tree from which we gather no flowers, sad has been my life, no fruit to produce." Accompanied by the symphony of ringing steel and bloodcurdling screams from the battle close by, the 74-year-old calmly pulled out his dagger and cut open his belly, leaving instructions for one of his men to throw his head into the river…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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