Battle of Uji (1180)

The first battle of Uji is famous and important for having opened the Genpei War. In early 1180, Prince Mochihito, the Minamoto Clan's favored claimant to the Imperial Throne, was chased by Taira forces to the Mii-dera, a temple just outside Kyoto. Due to the interference of a Mii-dera monk with Taira sympathies, the Minamoto army arrived too late to help defend the temple. "Yorimasa committed hara-kiri in a way that was to set the standard for generations to come." As for Prince Mochihito, he was captured and killed shortly afterwards by the Taira warriors.

Battle of Uji (1180)

The first battle of Uji is famous and important for having opened the Genpei War. In early 1180, Prince Mochihito, the Minamoto Clan's favored claimant to the Imperial Throne, was chased by Taira forces to the Mii-dera, a temple just outside Kyoto. Due to the interference of a Mii-dera monk with Taira sympathies, the Minamoto army arrived too late to help defend the temple. "Yorimasa committed hara-kiri in a way that was to set the standard for generations to come." As for Prince Mochihito, he was captured and killed shortly afterwards by the Taira warriors.