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Battle of Ishibashiyama
1180 battle of the Genpei War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Ishibashiyama (石橋山の戦い, Ishibashiyama no tatakai) was the first in which Minamoto no Yoritomo,[1] who became shōgun less than a decade later, was commander of the Minamoto forces. The battle was fought on September 14, 1180, in the southwest of present-day Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Yoritomo's headquarters at Kamakura.[2][3][4]
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Part of the Genpei War | |||||||
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