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Siege of Fukuryūji |
Part of the Genpei War |
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Combatants |
Minamoto clan |
Taira clan |
Commanders |
Imai Kanehira |
Seno Kaneyasu |
The siege of the FukuryÅ«ji 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. FukuryÅ«ji (ç¦éš†å¯º) 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.