Genpei War
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The Genpei War was a national civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the late Heian period of Japan. It resulted in the downfall of the Taira and the establishment of the Kamakura shogu
Scene of the Genpei War
The Heiji rebellion (1159) and the subsequent rise of the Taira were the main cause of the Genpei War 20 years later.
Scene of the Genpei war (1180–85), Kanō Motonobu (1476–1569), Muromachi period (1336–1573).
The Phoenix Hall of the Byōdō-in, where Yorimasa committed seppuku
Minamoto no Yoritomo
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Minamoto no Yoritomo was a samurai, daimyo and the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate, ruling from 1192 until 1199, also the first shogun in the history of Japan to hold de-facto p
Genpei War
…Minamoto clans during the late Heian period of Japan. It resulted in the downfall of the Taira and the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate under Minamoto no Yoritomo, who appointed himself as Shōgun in 1192, governing Japan as a military dictator from the eastern city of Kamakura. It followed a coup d'état by the…
Portrait by Fujiwara no Takanobu, 1179
Gate of Seigan-ji in Nagoya, the site of the former family villa and his birthplace
Minamoto no Yoritomo scroll painting, late 14th century
Seated wooden statue of Yoritomo owned by Kai Zenkō-ji.