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Beginning. Events. Births. Deaths. References. 1185. Events. April 25 – Genpei War – Naval battle of Dan-no-ura leads to Minamoto victory in Japan [1] Templars settle in London and begin the building of New Temple Church. End of the Heian Period and beginning of the Kamakura period in Japan. Founding of Katedralskolan in Lund, Sweden.
- Lead-Up to The War
- War Breaks Out
- Yoritomo Takes Over
- Minamoto In-Fighting
- End of The War and Aftermath
- Sources
The Taira and Minamoto clans were rival powers behind the throne. They sought to control the emperors by having their own favorite candidates take the throne. In the Hogen Disturbance of 1156 and the Heiji Disturbance of 1160, though, it was the Taira who came out on top. Both families had daughters who had married into the imperial line. However, ...
On May 5, 1180, Minamoto Yoritomo and his favored candidate for the throne, Prince Mochihito, sent out a call to war. They rallied samurai families related to or allied with the Minamoto, as well as warrior monks from various Buddhist monasteries. By June 15, Minister Kiyomori had issued a warrant for his arrest, so Prince Mochihito was forced to f...
The leadership of the Minamoto clan passed to the 33-year-old Minamoto no Yoritomo, who was living as a hostage in the home of a Taira-allied family. Yoritomo soon learned that there was a bounty on his head. He organized some local Minamoto allies, and escaped from the Taira, but lost most of his small army in the Battle of Ishibashiyama on Septem...
Kyoto erupted in panic at the news of the Taira defeat in Kurikara. On August 14, 1183, the Taira fled the capital. They took along most of the imperial family, including the child emperor, and the crown jewels. Three days later, Yoshinaka's branch of the Minamoto army marched into Kyoto, accompanied by the former Emperor Go-Shirakawa. Yoritomo was...
What remained of the Taira loyalist army retreated into their heartland. It took the Minamoto some time to mop them up. Almost a year after Yoshitsune ousted his cousin from Kyoto, in February of 1185, the Minamoto seized the Taira fortress and make-shift capital at Yashima. On March 24, 1185, the final major battle of the Genpei War took place. It...
Arnn, Barbara L. "Local Legends of the Genpei War: Reflections of Medieval Japanese History," Asian Folklore Studies, 38:2 (1979), pp. 1-10. Conlan, Thomas. "The Nature of Warfare in Fourteenth-Century Japan: The Record of Nomoto Tomoyuki," Journal for Japanese Studies, 25:2 (1999), pp. 299-330. Hall, John W. The Cambridge History of Japan, Vol. 3,...
The Byzantine Empire was ruled by emperors of the Komnenos dynasty for a period of 104 years, from 1081 to about 1185. The Komnenian (also spelled Comnenian) period comprises the reigns of five emperors, Alexios I, John II, Manuel I, Alexios II and Andronikos I.
Oct 17, 2023 · Japanese Historical Periods Timeline. Jōmon (14,000 BC–300 BC) Yayoi (BC 900–AD 300) Kofun (AD 300–AD 538) Asuka (AD 538–AD 710) Nara (AD 710–AD 794) Heian (AD 794–AD 1185) Kamakura (AD 1185–AD 1333) Muromachi (AD 1333–AD 1573) Azuchi-Momoyama (AD 1573–AD 1603) Edo (AD 1603–AD 1868) The Meiji Restoration, Meiji, and Taishō Periods (AD 1868–AD 1926)
Apr 11, 2017 · The Genpei War (1180-1185 CE), also known as the Taira-Minamoto War, was a conflict in Japan principally between two rival clans: the Minamoto and Taira, for control of the imperial throne.
Aug 30, 2020 · The Kamakura period (1185 AD to 1333 AD) encompasses the periods of the Song Dynasty (960 AD to 1279 AD) and the Yuan Dynasty (1271 AD–1368 AD) of China. The changes which were taking place in Song Dynasty China facilitated cultural and economic exchanges between Japan and China.
