Minamoto (Genji)Nasu (Shimotsuke)
Nasu no Yoichi
那須与一
“The Fan Target”
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- Nasu, Shimotsuke
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Later imagined depiction · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
A young master archer said to have come from the Nasu warriors of Shimotsuke. At the battle of Yashima, when the Taira raised a fan on the pole of a boat and dared the Minamoto to shoot it, he took aim at the target on the sea from the shore on Yoshitsune's orders. With a single arrow he brought down the fan on the boat rocking in the waves, and the Tale of the Heike tells how cheers rose from both sides.
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- 1185Genryaku 2
The Fan Target
Shot down the fan on the boat at Yashima with a single arrow and left his name to posterity.
- 1185
Battle of Yashima
A young warrior of Shimotsuke. The master archer who shot the fan target from the pole of a rocking boat and won the cheers of both armies.
Yashima, Sanuki Province 60 troops Watch in 3D ›
