What the records say
- When
- 10 Jan 1184
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 34.99° N, 135.77° E
- Description
- siege in 1184 in Japan
Siege of Hōjūjidono
Siege in 1184 in Japan
The siege of Hōjūjidono was a siege that took place in Kyoto, Japan in 1184. It was part of the Genpei War and a key element of the conflict between Minamoto no Yoshinaka and his cousins Yoritomo and Yoshitsune for control of the Minamoto clan.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “法住寺合戰，木曾義仲發動軍事政變，襲撃法住寺殿，幽閉後白河法皇和後鳥羽天皇。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page