Siege of Fukuryūji

Siege of Fukuryūji
Part of the Genpei War
Date1183
Location
Fukuryūji, Okayama Prefecture
Result Minamoto victory
Belligerents
Minamoto clan Taira clan
Commanders and leaders
Imai Kanehira Seno Kaneyasu

The siege of 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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