pe i ▁War ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁century , ▁Japan ▁was ▁pl ung ed ▁into ▁the ▁Gen pe i ▁War ▁and , ▁while ▁the ▁fe ud s ▁between ▁the ▁tem ples ▁did ▁not ▁end , ▁they ▁became ▁sub sum ed ▁by ▁larger ▁events . ▁The ▁war ring ▁Min am oto ▁and ▁Tai ra ▁cl ans ▁both ▁tried ▁to ▁obtain ▁the ▁aid ▁of ▁the ▁war rior ▁mon ks ▁of ▁N ara ▁and ▁Ky oto , ▁adding ▁the ▁tem ples ' ▁forces ▁to ▁the ▁cl ans ' ▁already ▁mighty ▁arm ies ▁of ▁sam ur ai . ▁ ▁Tai ra ▁no ▁Ki y om ori ▁sent ▁gener ous ▁g ifts ▁of ▁rice ▁and ▁sil k ▁to ▁En ry aku ji , ▁ens uring ▁they ▁would ▁not ▁help ▁his ▁enemies , ▁the ▁Min am oto , ▁who ▁had ▁al lied ▁themselves ▁with ▁the ▁mon ks ▁of ▁M ii - der a . ▁In ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁U ji ▁in ▁ 1 1 8 0 , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁famous ▁batt les ▁in ▁which ▁s ō he i ▁participated , ▁the ▁mon ks ▁of ▁M ii - der a , ▁along ▁with ▁a ▁force ▁of ▁Min am oto ▁sam ur ai , ▁tried ▁to ▁defend ▁the ▁bridge ▁over ▁the ▁U ji ▁River , ▁and ▁the ▁By ō d ō - in , ▁a ▁temple ▁behind ▁it , ▁from ▁an ▁attack ing ▁Tai ra ▁force . ▁The ▁mon ks ▁pulled ▁up ▁the ▁pl anks ▁of ▁the ▁bridge ▁to ▁imp air ▁the ▁ability