Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Dan-no-ura (Taira War).

Fought 1189, between the army of the Shôgun, Yoritomo, under his brothers Noriyori and Yoshitsune, and the Taira Clan under Munemori, when the Taira were routed and dispersed. This defeat broke the power of the clan, and the Minamoto became the dominant clan in Japan.