Battle of Uji
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Minamoto no Yoshinaka tried to wrest power from his cousins Yoritomo and Yoshitsune, seeking to take command of the Minamoto clan. To that end, he burned the Hōjūji Palace, and kidnapped Emperor Go-Shirakawa. However, his cousins Noriyori and Yoshitsune caught up with him soon afterwards, following him across the Bridge over the Uji, New Year's Day, 1184, which Yoshinaka had torn up to impair their crossing.
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1184 Battle of Uji
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| area | region | 1333 | Kenmu Restoration | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1947 | Japan | sovereign state, island country, country, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1160 | Siege of Sanjō Palace | Taira no Kiyomori, Fujiwara no Michinori, Minamoto no Yoshitomo, siege, Minamoto clan, Taira clan, Fujiwara no Nobuyori | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1177 | Shishigatani Incident | Shunkan, rebellion, Fujiwara no Narichika, Saiko | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1180 | Siege of Nara | siege, Taira no Shigehira | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1180 | Battle of Uji | battle, Prince Mochihito | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1184 | Siege of Hōjūjidono | battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1184 | Battle of Uji | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1184 | Battle of Awazu | battle, Minamoto no Yoshinaka, Imai Kanehira | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1221 | Battle of Uji | battle, Kamakura shogunate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1331 | Siege of Kasagi | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1348 | Battle of Shijōnawate | battle, Ashikaga Takauji, Kusunoki Masatsura | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1352 | Siege of Hachiman | siege, Go-Murakami, Ashikaga Yoshiakira | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1353 | Battle of Yawata | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1355 | Battle of Kōnai | battle, Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Yamana Tokiuji | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1467 | Battle of Goryō | battle, Hatakeyama Masanaga, Hatakeyama Yoshinari | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1467 | Battle of Kamigyō | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1467 | Battle of Higashi-iwakura | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1467 | Battle of Shōkoku-ji | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1469 | Battle of Nishinooka | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1487 | Changxiang and Yande Rebellion | rebellion, Rokkaku Takayori | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1499 | Siege of Mount Hiei | siege, Hōkabe Munekazu, Akazawa Tomotsune | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1509 | Battle of Nyoigatake | battle, Hosokawa Sumimoto | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1511 | Battle of Funaokayama | battle, Hosokawa Takakuni, Ōuchi Yoshioki, Hosokawa Sumimoto | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1520 | Battle of Tōjiin | battle, Hosokawa Takakuni, Miyoshi Yukinaga | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1527 | Battle of Katsuragawara | battle, Miyoshi Masanaga, Takeda Motomitsu | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1532 | Siege of Yamashina Hongan-ji | siege, Hokke-ikki | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1544 | Siege of Kōriyama Castle | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1549 | Siege of Eguchi | siege, Miyoshi Nagayoshi, Miyoshi Masanaga | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1551 | Siege of Nakao Castle | siege, Hosokawa Harumoto, Miyoshi Nagayoshi | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1551 | Battle of Shōkoku-ji | battle, Matsunaga Hisahide, Miyoshi Sōi, Matsunaga Nagayori, Motonari Kozai | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1553 | Siege of Higashiyama Ryōzen Castle | siege, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Miyoshi Nagayoshi | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1559 | Honkoku-ji incident | skirmish, Miyoshi clan, attempted coup d'état | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1565 | Eiroku Incident | battle, Miyoshi Trio | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1567 | Battle of Tōdai-ji Daibutsuden | battle, Matsunaga Hisahide, Miyoshi Trio | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1570 | Battle of Yasugawara | battle, Shibata Katsuie, Rokkaku Yoshikata | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1571 | Siege of Mount Hiei | Oda Nobunaga, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1571 | Battle of Shiraikawara | battle, Wada Koremasa, Araki Murashige | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1573 | Siege of Makishima Castle | Oda Nobunaga, battle, Ashikaga Yoshiaki | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1582 | Battle of Yamazaki | battle, Akechi Mitsuhide, Toyotomi Hideyoshi | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1600 | Sekigahara Campaign | armed conflict | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1600 | Siege of Fushimi | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1600 | Siege of Ōtsu | Kyōgoku Takatsugu, Suetsugu Motoyasu, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1868 | Battle of Toba-Fushimi | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1945 | Bombing of Kyoto | aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1945 | Bombing of Nara | airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1945 | Bombing of Ōtsu | airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1945 | Japan campaign | military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1156 | Hōgen rebellion | civil war, Go-Shirakawa, Emperor Sutoku, Taira no Kiyomori, Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Minamoto no Tameyoshi, Fujiwara no Yorinaga, Fujiwara no Tadamichi, war of succession | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1160 | Heiji rebellion | civil war, rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1180 | Genpei War | civil war, Minamoto clan, Taira clan | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1221 | Jōkyū War | civil war, Go-Toba | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1467 | Ōnin War | war, Hatakeyama clan, Yamana clan, Hosokawa clan, Ikkō-shū, Ikkō-ikki, Shiba clan, Ōuchi clan | Wikidata |
| site | castle | Yamazaki Castle | hill castle, Japanese castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | 1571 | Sakamoto Castle | water castle, Japanese castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1586 | Ōtsu Castle | water castle, Japanese castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1601 | Zeze Castle | water castle, Japanese castle | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Ai Fort | fort | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Ujigawa gosen no zu (BM 1906,1220,0.1338.1-3 2) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Battle of the Uji River (Ujikawa kassen no zu) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Stone monument in Ujigawa | Commons | ||


