(1192-1333 AD) of Japanese history. The name "Genpei" comes from alternate readings of the kanji "Minamoto" (? Gen) and "Taira" (? Hei).

The Kamakura Shogunate was overthrown by Emperor Go-Daigo in the Kenmu Restoration of 1333. Three years later the Kenmu government would then itself be overthrown by the Ashikaga clan, descendants of the Seiwa Genji