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Event war East Asia

Genpei War

1180 CE – 1185 CE

The great civil war between the Taira and Minamoto samurai clans for control of Japan.

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Conflict between the Minamoto and Taira clans of feudal Japan (1180–1185)

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Conflict · East Asia

Genpei War

1180 CE – 1185 CE

The great civil war between the Taira and Minamoto samurai clans for control of Japan. The Minamoto victory at the naval Battle of Dan-no-ura established the Kamakura Shogunate — Japan's first military government and the beginning of the samurai era.

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