Battle of Ishibashiyama

Battle of Ishibashiyama
Part of the Genpei War

A 19th-century depiction of combat on the rocky shore at Ishibashiyama
DateSeptember 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
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, 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.

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