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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,...
1185 (Genryaku 2, 24th day of the 3rd month): Taira clan defeated at sea by Minamoto Yoshitsune; 1191 (Kenkyū 2): Esai establishes Zen in Japan; 1192 (Kenkyū 3): Minamoto Yoritomo appointed as shogun; 1207 (Ken'ei 1): Hōnen and his followers are exiled
The victory of the Minamoto clan was sealed in 1185, when a force commanded by Yoritomo's younger brother, Minamoto no Yoshitsune, scored a decisive victory at the naval Battle of Dan-no-ura. Yoritomo and his retainers thus became the de facto rulers of Japan.
Account of the Battle of Dan-no-ura, 1185 AD. There was a battle by an inland sea (Dan No Ura) on April 24th 1185, between two powerful Japanese clans . ( The ruling Heike and another clan called Genji) Each asserted a superior claim to the throne .
The years from 794 to 1185 are known as the Heian period. It is named after city of Heian-kyō , which is the early name of present-day Kyoto . [2] The Heian period produced many cultural achievements, such as the Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu .
