Siege of Fukuryūji
Siege of Fukuryūji |
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Part of the Genpei War |
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Belligerents |
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Minamoto clan |
Taira clan |
Commanders and leaders |
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Imai Kanehira |
Seno Kaneyasu |
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 Senoo 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.