
The Samurai and Feudal Japan, c. 900–1877 | Calm Bedtime History
In the spring of 1185, Minamoto and Taira forces meet by the straits at Dan-no-ura, where the Genpei War reaches its final battle. Their world began generations earlier among provincial estates and court politics, and it will end nearly seven centuries later with the reforms of the Meiji state.
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