Wada Yoshimori

Wada Yoshimori (和田 義盛, 1147 – May 24, 1213) was a Japanese samurai lord and gokenin of the early Kamakura period.

Wada Yoshimori was born as the son of Miura Yoshiaki and grandson of Sugimoto Yoshimune, making him a descendant of the Taira clan.

[1] Like many others, he and his family became victims of the struggle for power that followed the death of the first Kamakura shōgun Minamoto no Yoritomo.

[1] War ensued (the so-called Wada Gassen (和田合戦)) and in 1213 he was defeated and killed together with his family.

[1] The Wada are traditionally supposed to be buried in the Wadazuka Mound in Kamakura, however this is only an unproven theory born after excavations in situ during the Meiji period.

Wada Yoshimori by Kikuchi Yosai