Battle of Ishibashiyama

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Battle of Ishibashiyama
Part of the Genpei War
Date September 14, 1180 Location Ishibashiyama, in the Hakone Mountains, near Mount Fuji Result Taira victory Casus belli Minamoto engage Taira, in response to siege of Nara
Combatants
Minamoto clan	Taira clan
Commanders
Minamoto no Yoritomo	Oba Kagechika

Genpei War
1st Uji – Nara – Ishibashiyama – Fujigawa – Sunomata – Yahagigawa – Hiuchi – Kurikara – Shinohara – Mizushima – Fukuryūji – Muroyama – Hōjūjidono – 2nd Uji – Awazu – Ichi-no-Tani – Kojima – Yashima –Dan-no-ura

The battle of Ishibashiyama (石橋山の戦い, Ishibashiyama no tatakai^?) was the first in which Minamoto no Yoritomo, who was to become shogun less than a decade later, was commander of the Minamoto forces. In this, his first attempt to challenge the Taira, he was assisted by warriors from the Miura clan.

Yoritomo had been exiled by Taira no Kiyomori following the Heiji Rebellion. When Kiyomori heard that Yoritomo had left Izu and was heading for the Hakone Pass, he appointed Oba Kagechika to stop him. And he succeeded, with a surprise attack in the night.

The battle was fought outside of Yoritomo's headquarters, the city of Kamakura, and was one of the bloodier battles in the Genpei War.

[edit] References

• Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.