The Genpei War (源平合戦, Genpei Kassen, Genpei-Gassen, 1180–1185) was a national civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the late Heian period...
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Taira clan (section Genpei War)
Minamoto clan (the Genji), which culminated in the Genpei War (1180-1185 AD). The five-year-long war concluded with a decisive Taira defeat in the naval...
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regency. Their clan, the Taira, would not be overthrown until after the Genpei War, which marked the start of the Kamakura shogunate. The Kamakura period...
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Sōhei (section Genpei War)
plunged into the Genpei War and, while the feuds between the temples did not end, they became subsumed by larger events. The warring Minamoto and Taira...
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Chiba clan (section Genpei War)
came to support Yoshitomo in the Hōgen Rebellion (1156). During the Genpei War (1180–1185) the Chiba clan, as well as the Hōjō, Miura, and Doi clans...
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Minamoto clan under Minamoto no Yoritomo emerged victorious from the Genpei War of 1180–85, defeating their rival military clan, the Taira. After seizing...
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Watanabe (section Heian period to the Genpei war)
Watanabe no Endo Mochito. During the Hōgen rebellion (1156), and the Genpei War (1180–1185), the Watanabe sided with Minamoto no Yorimasa (1106–1180)...
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shogunate was established by Minamoto no Yoritomo after victory in the Genpei War and appointing himself as shōgun. Yoritomo governed Japan as military...
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Shogun (section Ōnin war and Sengoku period)
to raise an army to defeat the Taira clan, and the Genpei War began. In the midst of the Genpei War, Minamoto no Yoshinaka expelled the Taira clan from...
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late Heian period, Minamoto rivalry with the Taira culminated in the Genpei War (1180-1185 AD). The Minamoto emerged victorious and established Japan's...
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and influence eventually reached its apex in the Genpei War (1180–1185). This was a national civil war between the two most powerful clans: the Taira and...
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Kamakura period (section Civil war)
by the first shōgun Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle between the Taira and Minamoto clans. The period...
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Minamoto no Yoshinaka (category People of the Genpei War)
clan, shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo was his cousin and rival during the Genpei War between the Minamoto and the Taira clans. In The Tale of the Heike, he...
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Emperor Go-Shirakawa (section Genpei War)
Yoshitsune at the Battle of Ichi-no-Tani, a decisive battle in the war. Throughout the entire war there were disagreements and struggles for power within the...
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Taira no Tadanori (category People of the Genpei War)
of his generals in the Genpei War against the Minamoto. Tadanori was the governor of Satsuma and a general in the Genpei War. He was also a well versed...
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Tomoe Gozen (category People of the Genpei War)
Minamoto no Yoshinaka during the Battle of Awazu which was a part of the Genpei War and led to the establishment of the shogunate. She commanded, under the...
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as a de facto military government from the city of Kamakura since the Genpei War in 1185, and restore power to civilian government under the Imperial House...
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Minamoto clan for control of Japan at the end of the 12th century in the Genpei War (1180–1185). It has been translated into English at least five times....
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the Taira clan, and other enemies of the Minamoto, the victors in the Genpei War, and clan of the shōguns. Accounts of the first Imperial banner appear...
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century) ja:ヤマトタケル Civil war of Wa (2nd century AD) Expedition of Empress Jingū (c. 3rd century) ja:三韓征伐 Goguryeo–Yamato War (391–404) Kibi Clan Rebellion...
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Taira no Koremori (category People of the Genpei War)
(平 維盛) (1158 – 1184) was one of the Taira clan's commanders during the Genpei War of the late Heian period of Japanese history. He was the only child of...
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Minamoto no Noriyori (category People of the Genpei War)
no Yoritomo and Minamoto no Yoshitsune at a number of battles of the Genpei War. He was the sixth son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo. As children, he and his...
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Minamoto no Yoritomo (category People of the Genpei War)
Taira from his capital in Kamakura, beginning the Genpei War in 1180. After five years of civil war, the Minamoto clan finally defeated the Taira in the...
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Hōjō Tokimasa (category People of the Genpei War)
capital at Kamakura, in Izu. Tokimasa became his de facto advisor. The Genpei War between Minamoto and Taira had begun. In 1181, Taira no Kiyomori died...
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Mii-dera (section The Genpei Wars)
of the monks of Mount Hiei were turned towards a greater conflict: the Genpei War. The Taira and Minamoto families supported different claimants to the...
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Their historical significance derives from their successes during the Genpei War and their subsequent affiliation with the Hōjō clan. Important figures...
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Taira no Noritsune (category People of the Genpei War)
Taira no Norimori. He fought in the Genpei War against the Minamoto clan. Noritsune was a commander during the Genpei War. He fought in many battles including...
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Minamoto no Yoshitsune (category People of the Genpei War)
clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. During the Genpei War, he led a series of battles that toppled the Ise-Heishi branch of the...
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the first open usage of ninjutsu during a military campaign was in the Genpei War, when Minamoto no Kuro Yoshitsune chose warriors to serve as shinobi(ninja)...
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Sengoku period (redirect from Japan Civil War)
戦国時代, Hepburn: Sengoku Jidai, lit. 'Warring States period'), is the period in Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost...
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