This kite depicts Sasaki Takatsuna, a samurai commander in the Genpei War (1180-1185 CE). In art, Takatsuna is often depicted riding the Shogun Yoritomo's white horse, Ikezuki, racing to be the ...

Relive historical conflicts from The Battle of Uji in 1180 AD, through to the culmination of the Genpei War and founding of the Kamakura shogunate. Advertisement All the Latest Game Footage and ...

In the series, based on a medieval Japanese war epic called "The Tale of the Heike ... musical instrument called the biwa during the Genpei War (1180-85), the final struggle between the Taira ...