Atsumori, roughly 16 years old at the time of the battle of Ichi-no-Tani (1184), was killed by the Minamoto warrior Kumagai Naozane. In the Heike monogatari and many works derived from it, this is focused upon as a particularly tragic episode.
Atsumori, a young boy around 16 years old at the time of the Ichi-no-Tani battle (1184), was tragically killed by Kumagai Naozane, a Minamoto warrior. This event is extensively portrayed in the Heike monogatari and related works as an especially poignant moment.