Conflict: | Siege of Fukuryūji |
Partof: | the Genpei War |
Date: | 1183 |
Place: | Fukuryūji, Okayama Prefecture |
Result: | Minamoto victory; fortress falls |
Combatant1: | Minamoto clan |
Combatant2: | Taira clan |
Commander1: | Imai Kanehira |
Commander2: | 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 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.[1]