Continuing to flee from his cousins' armies after attacking Kyoto, burning the Hojujiden, and kidnapping the Emperor, Minamoto no Yoshinaka made his final stand at Awazu. He had met up with his companion & foster brother Imai Kanehira at Seta, along the way, and was also joined in battle by his wife, Tomoe Gozen. They fought valiantly, holding off Noriyori's thousands of men for a time. However, in the end, all three met their ends; Yoshinaka was struck dead by an arrow when his horse became mired in a paddy field, and Imai committed suicide, leaping off his horse while holding his sword in his mouth.
References
Sansom, George (1958). 'A History of Japan to 1334'. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
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