Battle of Ishibashiyama

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The Battle of Ishibashiyama was an early and ultimately unsuccessful engagement in 1180 in which Minamoto no Yoritomo first raised arms against the Taira clan during Japan’s Genpei War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military conflict
belligerent Minamoto clan
Taira clan
characterizedBy night attack by Taira forces
numerical inferiority of Minamoto forces
combatantSide forces loyal to Minamoto no Yoritomo
forces loyal to the Taira clan
conflictOf Genpei War
conflictType samurai battle
country Japan
date 1180
describedAs early engagement of the Genpei War
first battle of Minamoto no Yoritomo in the Genpei War
era late Heian period
followedBy Battle of Anegawa (Genpei context not exact sequence)
Battle of Fujikawa
hasAlternativeName Ishibashiyama no tatakai
hasApproximateDate September 1180
hasCause Minamoto uprising against Taira rule
hasCommander Minamoto no Yoritomo
Ōba Kagechika
hasLanguageOfPrimarySources Classical Japanese
hasParticipant Minamoto no Yoritomo
Taira clan
historicalPeriod Genpei War era
isEarlyPhaseOf Minamoto campaign to seize national power
isInChronologyOf Minamoto–Taira conflicts
linked to: Jishō–Yōwa War
location Ishibashiyama
Sagami Province
near Hakone
militaryTheater Kantō region
notableConsequence flight of Minamoto no Yoritomo to Awa Province
notableFigureInvolved Hōjō Tokimasa
opponentCommander Itō Sukechika
Ōba Kagechika
outcome defeat of Minamoto no Yoritomo
partOf Genpei War
precededBy Raising of Minamoto banner in 1180
relatedWork Heike Monogatari
result Taira victory
strategicSignificance first open challenge by Minamoto no Yoritomo to Taira authority
year 1180

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Genpei War notableBattle Battle of Ishibashiyama
Jishō–Yōwa War significantEvent Battle of Ishibashiyama