Battle of Dan-no-ura
Event · 2 May 1185 · Shimonoseki, Japan
The sea battle in the strait of Shimonoseki in which the Minamoto destroyed the Taira1 — 25 April 1185 in the Julian calendar (2 May in the Gregorian, as stored here)2. After it Minamoto no Yoritomo won the right to appoint military governors and land stewards, the prevailing date for the end of the Heian and the beginning of the Kamakura period. Mason 2005, pp. 166–167. ↩ Wikipedia, Kamakura period, “1185: the rival Taira clan is defeated at sea at the Battle of Dan-no-ura”. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005. Wikipedia, Kamakura period: Anon., Kamakura period, in: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakura_period (zuletzt abgerufen am 30.10.2026).