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Siege of Fukuryūji

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Siege of Fukuryūji
Part of the Genpei War
Date1183
Location
Fukuryūji, Okayama Prefecture
Result Minamoto victory; fortress falls
Belligerents
Minamoto clan Taira clan
Commanders and leaders
Imai Kanehira 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]

References

  1. ^ Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. Cassell & Co. p. 202. ISBN 1854095234.


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