Antoku was drowned but the Minamoto soldiers rescued his mother.
Not being of the Minamoto family, he did not seek to make himself shogun, and for forty years this office ceased to exist.
In the battle that followed, the young leader of the Minamoto showed the highest intrepidity.
This event terminated the descendants of the Minamoto family in the direct line.
The Minamoto fleet was composed of seven hundred junks, containing none but men.
