(1181) On the 18th day of the 1st month, word reached the Kantō that on the 28th day of the 12th month of the previous year, the temples and halls of Tōdai-ji and Kōfuku-ji in Nanto had all been burned by the Taira, the fire reaching the great Buddha hall, and that more than a hundred people had burned to death. Inkage, a man of Mōri estate in Sagami province, brought the news. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷2 治承五年1月18日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷002.wiki 11행))
On the 21st day of the 1st month, monks of Mount Kumano began raiding Ise and Shima after the 5th day and fought several times. That day they burned houses at Futamigaura and advanced to the river at Yase, where near Funae they met the army of the Taira clansman Seki Nobukane. The leader monk Kaikō (Daitō Hachirō-bō) was struck by an arrow from Nobukane and withdrew; at Futamigaura the monks took over ten prisoners and sent them by boat to Kumanoura. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷2 治承五年1月21日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷002.wiki 13행))
On the 29th day of the 2nd month, war broke out in Saikai. Kikuchi Takanao, a resident of Higo, and Ogata Koremochi, a resident of Bungo, and others rose against the Taira. Takanao's side, with more than 600 horsemen, blocked the barriers and the land and sea routes; the Taira's Harada Tanenao gathered 2,000 Kyushu troops and fought. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷2 治承五年2月29日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷002.wiki 35행))
On the 4th day of the intercalary 2nd month, at the hour of the Dog, the lay priest Taira no Kiyomori, Chancellor of State, died at Morikuni's house by the Kujō riverbed. He had been ill since the 25th of the previous month. In his will he ordered the funeral held three days later, his bones placed in the Hokke-dō at Yamada in Harima, and his descendants to seek only to submit to the east. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷2 治承五年2月4日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷002.wiki 39행))
On the 10th day of the 3rd month, Yukiie (Jūrō-kurando) camped by the Sunomata river with warriors of Owari and Mikawa, while the Taira generals Shigehira, Koremori, Michimori, and Tadanori held the west bank. Yukiie planned a secret night attack, but Shigehira's attendant discovered it and told them, so the Taira attacked first and Yukiie's army fell into chaos. Yoshimaru Zenji was killed by Morotsuna, Kurando Jirō was taken alive by Tadanori, and Izumi Tarō and his brother were killed by Morihisa. About 690 men are said to have drowned or died of wounds. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷2 治承五年3月10日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷002.wiki 55행))
On the 19th day of the 3rd month, Ōya Nakasan Suketo, a resident of Owari, rushed to Kamakura and reported that on the 10th, at the Sunomata river, Yukiie had fought the Taira and all his followers were destroyed. He said the Taira, taking advantage of the victory, had Yukiie shut up in the Atsuta shrine. Yoritomo praised Suketo's loyalty. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷2 治承五年3月19日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷002.wiki 63행))
On the 13th day of the 8th month, an imperial decree (senge) was issued ordering Fujiwara no Hidehira to pursue Yoritomo and Taira no Sukenaga to pursue Kiso Yoshinaka. It was issued at the request of the Taira. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷2 養和元年8月13日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷002.wiki 153행))
(1181) On the 3rd day of the 9th month, Jō no Shirō Sukenaga, governor of Echigo, received an imperial command and was about to gather provincial troops to attack Kiso Yoshinaka, but he suddenly died that morning. It is said he received heaven's punishment. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷2 養和元年9月3日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷002.wiki 170행))
On the 27th day of the 9th month, the Taira envoy Minbu-daifu Narayoshi (Taguchi) invaded Iyo province. Kōno Michinobu and the other provincial officials (zaichō) harbored divided loyalties and came to battle, and Kōno was pushed to a disadvantage. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷2 養和元年9月27日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷002.wiki 177행))
(1181) On the 5th day of the 11th month, Ashikaga Yoshikane, Yoshitsune, Doi Sanehira, Tsuchiya Munetō, Wada Yoshimori, and others planned to head for Tōtōmi to block Taira no Koremori, but Sasaki Hidetsugu said Koremori was in Ōmi and it was unknown when he would come down, and that Yukiie had set up a camp in Owari, so they should block him first. They postponed their departure. (Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) 吾妻鏡 卷2 養和元年11月5日条 (zh_吾妻鏡_卷002.wiki 212행))