Battle of Ishibashiyama

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Battle of Ishibashiyama
Part of the Genpei War
A 19th-century depiction of combat on the rocky shore at Ishibashiyama
Date September 14, 1180 Location Ishibashiyama, in the Hakone Mountains, near Mount Fuji in present-day Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture 35°13′16″N 139°08′25″E / 35.221111°N 139.140306°E / 35.221111; 139.140306 Result Taira victory
Belligerents
Minamoto clan	Taira clan
Commanders and leaders
Minamoto no Yoritomo	Ōba Kagechika Itō Sukechika
Strength
300	3,000
Casualties and losses
unknown	unknown

The Battle of Ishibashiyama (石橋山の戦い, Ishibashiyama no tatakai) was the first in which Minamoto no Yoritomo,^[1] who became shōgun less than a decade later, was commander of the Minamoto forces. The battle was fought on September 14, 1180, in the southwest of present-day Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Yoritomo's headquarters at Kamakura.^[2][3][4]