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Jishō–Juei War (The Genpei War)

Name: Jishō–Juei War (The Genpei War)
Start: 1180
Location: Throughout Japan — Kantō, Tōhoku, Hokuriku, Kinai, Shikoku, Kyushu, culminating at Dan-no-ura

May 1180 – March 1185

Throughout Japan — Kantō, Tōhoku, Hokuriku, Kinai, Shikoku, Kyushu, culminating at Dan-no-ura

Date: May 1180 – March 1185
Location: Throughout Japan — Kantō, Tōhoku, Hokuriku, Kinai, Shikoku, Kyushu, culminating at Dan-no-ura
Result: Minamoto victory. Total destruction of the Taira clan at Dan-no-ura. Minamoto no Yoritomo established the Kamakura Shogunate, inaugurating the age of samurai governance.

Forces

Minamoto Forces

CommanderMinamoto no Yoritomo, Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Minamoto no Noriyori, Kiso Yoshinaka, Minamoto no Yukiie

Strengthtens of thousands (culminating in hundreds of warships)

Taira Forces

CommanderTaira no Munemori, Taira no Tomomori, Taira no Noritsune, Emperor Antoku (nominal figurehead)

Strengthtens of thousands (hundreds of ships at Dan-no-ura)

Related figures, swords & places

Warrior

Minamoto no Yoritomo

Supreme Minamoto commander and founder of the Kamakura Shogunate

Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Brilliant Minamoto general who secured victory at Ichi-no-Tani, Yashima, and Dan-no-ura

Taira no Kiyomori

Head of the Taira clan (died before the war's climax)

Famous Sword

Dōjigiri Yasutsuna

Supreme tachi of the late Heian period — emblem of the sword tradition tested in the Genpei War

Onimaru Kunitsuna

One of the Five Great Swords of Japan — carried by warriors of the Genpei era

Nukemaru

Legendary sword associated with the Genpei War tradition

Iwatooshi

Legendary naginata associated with the Genpei War tradition

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