Date 1183 | Location Okayama Prefecture, Japan | |
Result Minamoto victory; fortress falls Similar Battle of Sunomata‑gawa, Genpei War, Battle of Yahagi‑gawa, Battle of Kojima, Battle of Awazu | ||
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.
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