mercredi 2 novembre 2016

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In 1177, the relations between the withdrawn emperor Go-Shirakawa (白河 白河) and the Taira clan became very tense, and the former emperor attempted a coup d'état to overthrow the Daijō-daijin (政 大臣 大臣) ) Taira no Kiyomori (清盛 清盛), who had him arrested in 1179 and abolished the insei (政 政), or government withdrawn, which provoked a strong anti-Taira opposition.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