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Battle of Muroyama
Part of the Genpei War
Date1183
Location
Muroyama, Harima Province
Result Taira victory
Belligerents
  Minamoto clan   Taira clan
Commanders and leaders
Minamoto clan Minamoto no Yukiie Taira clan Taira no Tomomori

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

  1. ^ Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. Cassell & Co. pp. 202–203. ISBN  1854095234.