Minamoto no Yorimasa Preparing to Commit Suicide (He is not Danjo Matsunaga Hisahide), 1883. From Yoshitoshi's Warriors Trembling with Courage. Minamoto no Yorimasa (1104-1180) writing his dying poetry in the battle feild. In May 1180, Prince Mochihito and Yorimasa raised an army to overthrow the Taira clan but they were

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