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.