Major conflict1180 – 1185 · 5 years
Genpei War
Japan
Estimated casualties
100Ksingle estimate · no range published
The civil war in Japan between the Minamoto and Taira clans that established the first military government (shogunate).
Belligerents2
- Minamoto clan
- Taira clan
Conflict graph
SUB-CONFLICTS · 14
- Battle of Fujigawa1180
- Battle of Ishibashiyama1180
- Battle of Ujigawa1180
- Battle of Sunomata1181
- Battle of Hiuchi1183
- Battle of Kurikara1183
- Battle of Mizushima1183
- Battle of Shinowara1183
- Battle of Awazu1184
- Battle of Hojuji1184
- Battle of Ichinotani1184
- Battle of Uji1184
+ 2 more in the atlas.
Sources
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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Cite as: Genpei War (1180 – 1185). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/genpei-war · Sources & methodology