The Musha warrior parade will be held every year in Doi to to commemorate and imitate the historical event of military exploits led by Yoritomo Minamoto, the very first shogun of Japan.

● Musha Parade

April 7 (sun), 2013
Cancellation due to severe weather (no cancellation when the rain is light.)
Departing Gosho-jinja Shrine on 11:00 am. and arrival at Yugawara Station on 11:30 am.

● Ceremony

Gosho-jinja Shrine (open 10:00 to 11:00)
The Name Announcing by a militrary commander, the Ceremony of Departure for war, the Dance of die by the fire
At Yugawara Station (time – 11:30 to 12:30)Field ceremony of self-introduction, the battle announcement by military commander, Dance of Perish in the fire.

● Doi Festival (ceremony, Buddhist memorial service, visit to a grave)

April 7 (sun) 2013, no cancellation in case of rain
At the precinct yard of Jyogan-ji Temple : start from 12:30
Doi Sanehira and his master Yoritomo’s dedication memorial service, dance dedication of their death in the fire, visits to a grave etc.

※ This event information took place in 2013. We will update the latest event information of 2014 when events information become concrete.

Yoritomo Minamoto’s Musha Warrior Parade imitating raising of army

In the ground of our Yugawara (we said Toi volost), one gozokudohiji**hei of Kanto eight people did around present Odawara now with territory for last years of the Heian era approximately 830 years ago, and this line did manor.

This *hei raised the whole families by raising an army, and strategy raised an army with Hojo of Nirayama, and, on Jisho era August 17, 4, Yoritomo of leech ke Kojima commanded battle.
Around station was trace of hall of Toi, and request for castle temple (station back 300m) was jibutsudo.
We worked out strategy to aim at 300 yoki, Kamakura lower than Yoritomo after raising an army in this hall of Izu and we fixed armaments and went to the front of stone bridge Yamaai round.

There was many and lost for competition between two teams first war in numeral inferiority, misfortune and escaped to withdrawal, Sugiyama again in the ground of Toi.
Yoritomo is helped for Isamu expedients consideration foresight of *hei and gets away in the sea from komorisen, Manazuru of Sugiyama of Toi.
It became 30,000 big armies and, only four months later, entered Kamakura, and it was the Shogunate establishment. (*hei 73 years old, Yoritomo 34 years old, enhei 31 years old sometimes admire advanced age power of *hei)

Because this Toi volost approximately ten days became chance of military administration origin of the Middle Ages during history in Japan, it may be right said, “the history moved then”. Please remember the history to lead to Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, Tokugawa shogunate government without a break afterwards. (described to description of competition between two teams ups and downs, Agatsuma mirror in detail.)

Yoritomo Minamoto and Minoru Doi are flat

There is puddle called own model water (jigansui) in Okuyama of Kajiya, Yugawara-machi, halfway up a mountain of Mt. star ke.
When defeated general Yoritomo Minamoto run away and hid in Sugiyama mountains in Jisho era August, 4 and arrived to this water’s edge, hunger and drought attacked him at a time.
When we pushed out neck in puddle to drink this water hastily, exhausted horrible face of Yoritomo and confused hair figure looked to this surface of the water.
Yoritomo who saw one’s wretched figure planned so that to pulled up knife of waist suddenly, and it committed harakiri “to be what and miserable figure whether this was figure of *ko of Genji”.

Then we controlled Minoru Doi flat gaikinarisono hand which there was near then and remonstrated saying “heart was long-range, and give up suicide for defeat of once and twice whether it was general tarammonono impulsive action without there being to figure ranha, container of military commander”.

It has been handed down “it is suicide water because it is water which planned suicide” for a long time, “it is said with own model water because Yoritomo knows body nomijimeo to see glassy surface of water and planned suicide”.

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