Revenge of the Soga Brothers
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The Revenge of the Soga Brothers was a vengeance incident on 28 June 1193, during the Fuji no Makigari hunting event arranged by shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo in Fujino, Suruga Province, Japan. The Soga
Tokimune galloping to Mount Fuji by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Soga Tokimune watches the moon after the rain before going to attack Minamoto no Yoritomo's quarters. From the ukiyo-e series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.
Gosho no Gorōmaru capturing Soga Tokimune. From the ukiyo-e series Warriors Trembling with Courage by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.
Gosho no Gorōmaru capturing Soga Tokimune by Sharaku
Soga Tokimune
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Soga Tokimune was a Japanese samurai in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. He and his brother Soga Sukenari are known for being the perpetrators of the Revenge of the Soga Brothers incident. H
Revenge of the Soga Brothers
…the Fuji no Makigari hunting event arranged by shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo in Fujino, Suruga Province, Japan. The Soga brothers, Soga Sukenari and Tokimune, assassinated Kudō Suketsune, the killer of their biological father. The incident included a failed assassination attempt on the shogun, and resulted…
The Soga brothers' grave at Soga Hachiman Shrine, in Kamiide, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture
Soga Kyōdai no Miya Shrine in Yamaguwa, Sōsa, Chiba Prefecture