| LC control no. | sh 85069451 |
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| Geographic heading | Japan--History--Gempei Wars, 1180-1185 |
| Variant(s) | Gempei War, Japan, 1180-1185 Gempei Wars, Japan, 1180-1185 Genpei War, Japan, 1180-1185 Genpei Wars, Japan, 1180-1185 Japan--History--Genpei Wars, 1180-1185 Jishō-Juei War, Japan, 1180-1185 Minamoto-Taira War, Japan, 1180-1185 Taira-Minamoto War, Japan, 1180-1185 |
| Found in | Britannica Micro. (Gempei War, 1180-85) Acad. Am. encyc.: under Japan, History of (Gempei War, 1180-85) Kodansha encyc. Japan: under Taira-Minamoto War (Gempei no Soran); 1180-85 (conflict between two major warrior leagues, one under Taira family ... another under Minamoto family) Cambridge hist. of Japan, 1999: v. 2, index (Gempei (Minamoto-Taira) War) Wikipedia, May 29, 2007 (Genpei War: The Genpei Wars (1180-1185) were a conflict between the Taira and Minamoto clans and in late-Heian period Japan. They resulted in the fall of the Taira clan and establishment of the Kamakura shogunate under Minamoto Yoritomo in 1192. The name 'Genpei' (pronounced and sometimes written as Gempei) comes from alternate readings of the kanji Minamoto and Taira. The conflict is also known in Japanese as the Jishō-Juei War, after the two eras between which it took place.) |
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