Siege of Fukuryūji

Part of the Genpei War

Date	1183
Location	Fukuryūji, Okayama Prefecture
Result	Minamoto victory; fortress falls

Belligerents

Minamoto clan

Taira clan

Commanders and leaders

Imai Kanehira

Seno Kaneyasu

Genpei War

1st Uji Nara Ishibashiyama Fujikawa Sunomatagawa Yahagigawa Hiuchi Kurikara Shinohara Mizushima Fukuryūji Muroyama Hōjūjidono 2nd Uji Awazu Ichi-no-Tani Kojima Yashima Dan-no-ura

The siege of the Fukuryūji took place in 1183, and was a battle of the Genpei War, the great 12th century Japanese civil war between the Taira clan and the Minamoto clan. Fukuryūji (福隆寺) was a fortress belonging to Seno Kaneyasu, a Taira partisan. Imai Kanehira led his men across muddy ricefields, under heavy archer fire, to take the fortress. The attackers were victorious, and Kaneyasu was killed.