Battle of Muroyama

Part of the Genpei War

Date	1183
Location	Muroyama, Harima Province
Result	Taira victory

Belligerents

Minamoto clan

Taira clan

Commanders and leaders

Minamoto no Yukiie

Taira no Tomomori

Genpei War

1st Uji Nara Ishibashiyama Fujikawa Sunomata-gawa Yahagi-gawa Hiuchi Kurikara Shinohara Mizushima Fukuryūji Muroyama Hōjūjidono 2nd Uji Awazu Ichi-no-Tani Kojima Yashima Dan-no-ura

The battle of Muroyama was one of many battles of the 12th-century Japanese civil war known as the Genpei War. The Taira forces split into five divisions, each attacking in succession, and wearing down Yukiie's men. Eventually surrounded, the Minamoto were forced to flee.^[1]

References

↑ Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. Cassell & Co. p. 202-203. ISBN 1854095234.

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