Battle of Bun'ei

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Mongol invasion of Japan battle

The Battle of Bun'ei was a 1274 Mongol-led invasion attempt against Japan that was repelled near Hakata Bay, marking the first of the famous failed Mongol invasions of Japan.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Bun'ei canonical	1
Battle of Kōan	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mongol invasion of Japan ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bun'ei no eki NERFINISHED ⓘ First Mongol invasion of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	kamikaze (divine wind) legend NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Goryeo NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese forces ⓘ Kamakura shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongol Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuan dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	Kublai Khan's attempt to subjugate Japan ⓘ
combatantStrength	Japanese forces several thousand samurai and retainers ⓘ Mongol-led forces approximately 20,000–30,000 troops ⓘ
commander	Adachi Kagemori NERFINISHED ⓘ Admiral Hong Dagu NERFINISHED ⓘ Kublai Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kusunoki Masashige NERFINISHED ⓘ Liu Fuxiang NERFINISHED ⓘ Shōni Kagesuke NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Mongol invasions of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
endDate	1274-11-20 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Kōan NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Mongol invasion of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	land fighting near Hakata ⓘ naval engagement at Hakata Bay ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Kamakura period NERFINISHED ⓘ
impact	heightened Japanese military preparedness for later invasions ⓘ prompted construction of stone defensive walls at Hakata Bay ⓘ
location	Hakata Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyushu NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	defense by samurai of the Kamakura shogunate ⓘ early use of explosive bombs in Japan ⓘ first Mongol invasion attempt against Japan ⓘ use of gunpowder weapons by Mongol-led forces ⓘ
outcomeDetail	Mongol-led forces withdrew and many ships were lost in a storm ⓘ
partOf	Mongol–Japanese conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Mongol diplomatic missions to Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryTheater	Hakata Bay and surrounding coastal areas NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Japanese defensive victory ⓘ Mongol-led invasion repelled ⓘ
significance	marked the beginning of Japan's successful resistance to Mongol expansion ⓘ
startDate	1274-11-19 ⓘ
temporalLocation	Bun'ei era NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfWarfare	amphibious invasion ⓘ land warfare ⓘ naval warfare ⓘ
year	1274 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hakata Bay → historicalEventSite → Battle of Bun'ei ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Kōan