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Gempei gassen源平合戦 源平争乱alternative words: Genpei gassen, Gempei war, Genpei war, Gempei disturbance, Genpei disturbance, Gempei no soran, Genpei no soran keywords: war related topics: Heian period , Genji , Heishi , Minamoto no Yoritomo , Heike monogatari , Battle of Dannoura related web sites: http://www.mugen-sys.co.jp/Kurashiki/Fujito/ , http://www.anjaweb.com/~genpei/history.html explanation: War between 2 big rival of samurai clans, Genji and Heishi in the late Heian period. In a broader sense, it includes Hogen and Heiji disturbances but in a narrow sense, it began in 1180 when Minamoto no Yoritomo revolted at Ishibashiyama after a demand of prince Mochihito to punish Heishi. After the loss of Fujigawa battle, Heika gave up capital Kyoto and retreated in western Japan, their power base. Then they lost Ichinotani and Yashima battles and ended in Dannoura battle in 1185. | |