(died 1180), also known as Ōba Saburō Kagechika, was a samurai of

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. The third son of Oba Kageyoshi, he fought alongside his father, against the

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Clan, in the Hōgen Rebellion of 1156. Facing off against Minamoto no Tametomo during the Hōgen Rebellion, Kagechika is credited with challenging Tametomo, crying

''Lord Hachiman! During the Three Years War, in the attack upon the stockade at
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, Kamakura Gongorō Kagemasa, then only sixteen years of age, went to the front of the battle, and when his left eye was pierced by an arrow through his visor he loosed a shaft in return and took his assailant. I am the youngest descendant of that Gongorō, Oba Heita Kageyoshi's son, Oba Saburō Kagechika. Come on and fight!''Sansom, George (1958). 'A History of Japan to 1334'. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. 363.

Many years later, during the

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, he led Taira clan forces to a victory against

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at Ishibashiyama in September 1180. However, two months later, Oba submitted to Yoritomo and was decapitated.

References

*Frederic, Louis (2002). "Japan Encyclopedia." Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.

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