Genpei War

The Genpei War was a civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the late Heian period of Japan. Its other name is the Gempei War.

Genpei War Media

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  The Heiji rebellion (1159) and the subsequent rise of the Taira were the main cause of the Genpei War 20 years later.

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  Scene of the Genpei war (1180–85), Kanō Motonobu (1476–1569), Muromachi period (1336–1573).

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  The Phoenix Hall of the Byōdō-in, where Yorimasa committed seppuku

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  Duel between Taira no Atsumori (left) and Kumagai Naozane

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  The Battle of Akama Strait at Dan no Ura in Choshu in 1185. (Chōshū Dan-no-ura Akamagaseki kassen 長州檀之浦赤間関合戦). Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper.

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  A sphere map on 1183 at Genpei War. However, it was not clearly divided in this way, and there were conflicts among Genjis as well as Tairas.

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  Minamoto no Yoritomo, from an 1179 hanging scroll by Fujiwara no Takanobu

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  Taira no Kiyomori, by Fujiwara Tamenobu and Takenobu