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Following the 1180 Battle of the Uji, in which Minamoto no Yorimasa fought a small Taira army with the help of monks from the Mii-dera and other temples, the victorious Taira, angry at being opposed, decided to assault and burn the Miidera, before moving on to Nara. The Taira were opposed by warrior monks from nearly every major monastery and temple in Nara. Taira no Shigehira and Tomomori, both sons of Kiyomori, head of the clan, commanded the siege. The 'Heike Monogatari' laments the destruction the Tōdai-ji's Daibutsu (Great Buddha statue): In all, 3,500 people died in the burning of Nara.

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  • Siege of Nara
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  • Following the 1180 Battle of the Uji, in which Minamoto no Yorimasa fought a small Taira army with the help of monks from the Mii-dera and other temples, the victorious Taira, angry at being opposed, decided to assault and burn the Miidera, before moving on to Nara. The Taira were opposed by warrior monks from nearly every major monastery and temple in Nara. Taira no Shigehira and Tomomori, both sons of Kiyomori, head of the clan, commanded the siege. The 'Heike Monogatari' laments the destruction the Tōdai-ji's Daibutsu (Great Buddha statue): In all, 3,500 people died in the burning of Nara.
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Casus
  • Taira seek revenge against monastic Minamoto allies
Partof
  • the Genpei War
Date
  • 1180(xsd:integer)
Commander
Caption
  • The Tōdai-ji, which claims to be the largest wooden structure in the world, was even larger before it was destroyed in this battle and later rebuilt.
Casualties
  • 3500(xsd:integer)
  • Unknown
Result
  • Taira victory; much of city destroyed
combatant
  • Taira clan
  • warrior monks of various Nara temples
Place
Conflict
  • Siege of Nara
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  • Following the 1180 Battle of the Uji, in which Minamoto no Yorimasa fought a small Taira army with the help of monks from the Mii-dera and other temples, the victorious Taira, angry at being opposed, decided to assault and burn the Miidera, before moving on to Nara. The Taira were opposed by warrior monks from nearly every major monastery and temple in Nara. Taira no Shigehira and Tomomori, both sons of Kiyomori, head of the clan, commanded the siege. The monks dug ditches in the roads, and build many forms of improvised defenses. They fought primarily with bow & arrow, and naginata, while the Taira were on horseback, giving them a great advantage. Despite the monks' superior numbers, and their strategic defenses, their enemy succeeded in destroying nearly every temple in the city, including the Kōfuku-ji and Tōdai-ji. Only the Enryaku-ji managed to repel the attackers and survive. The 'Heike Monogatari' laments the destruction the Tōdai-ji's Daibutsu (Great Buddha statue): In all, 3,500 people died in the burning of Nara.
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