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Genpei War

Genpei War (Gempei War)
Part of MinamotoTaira clan disputes of late Heian period
Genpei kassen.jpg
Scene of the Genpei war
Date 1180–1185
Location Japan
Result Minamoto clan victory; Kamakura shogunate established
Belligerents
Sasa Rindo.svg Minamoto clan (Yoritomo) Ageha-cho.svg Taira clan Sasa Rindo.svg Minamoto clan (Yoshinaka)
Commanders and leaders
Minamoto no Yoritomo, Minamoto no Yoshitsune Taira no Munemori Executed, Taira no Shigehira Executed, Taira no Tomomori  Minamoto no Yoshinaka , Imai Kanehira 
Casualties and losses
20000 30000

The Genpei War (源平合戦 Genpei kassen, Genpei gassen?) (1180–1185) was a conflict between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the late-Heian period of Japan. It resulted in the fall of the Taira clan and the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate under Minamoto no Yoritomo in 1192.

The name "Genpei" (sometimes romanised as Gempei) comes from alternate readings of the kanji "Minamoto" (源) and "Taira" (平). The conflict is also known in Japanese as the Jishō-Juei War (治承寿永の乱 Jishō-Juei no ran?), after the two eras between which it took place.

It followed a coup d'état by the Taira in 1179 and call to arms against them led by the Minamoto in 1180. The ensuing Battle of Uji took place just outside Kyoto, starting a five-year-long war, concluding with a decisive Minamoto victory in the naval Battle of Dan-no-ura.

The Genpei War was the culmination of a decades-long conflict between the two aforementioned clans over dominance of the Imperial court, and by extension, control of Japan. In the Hōgen Rebellion and in the Heiji Rebellion of earlier decades, the Minamoto attempted to regain control from the Taira and failed.


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