Kajiwara Kagesue

Kajiwara Kagesue (梶原 景季, 1162 - February 6, 1200), was a samurai in service to the Minamoto clan during the Genpei War of Japan's late Heian period.

[1] The Heike monogatari records an anecdote about a friendly competition with Sasaki Takatsuna prior to the second battle of Uji.

[2] Mounted on Yoritomo's black horse, Surusumi, he races Takatsuna across the River Uji.

[3][4] Kagesue was killed along with his father Kagetoki at Suruga by men loyal to Minamoto no Yoriie.

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Kajiwara Kagesue, Sasaki Takatsuna , and Hatakeyama Shigetada racing to cross the Uji River before the second battle of Uji , as depicted in a print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi .