Siege of Fukuryūji

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Siege of Fukuryūji

Date	1183
Location	Fukuryūji, Okayama Prefecture
Result	Minamoto victory; fortress falls

Belligerents

Minamoto clan

Taira clan

Commanders

Imai Kanehira

Seno Kaneyasu

Genpei War

1st Uji – Nara – Ishibashiyama – Fujigawa – Sunomatagawa – Yahagigawa – Hiuchi – Kurikara – Shinohara – Mizushima – Fukuryūji – Muroyama – Hōjūjidono – 2nd Uji – Awazu – Ichi-no-Tani – Kojima – Yashima – Dan-no-ura

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.