Editing Kobe (section)

===Nara and Heian periods===
During the [[Nara period|Nara]] and [[Heian period]]s, the port was known by the name {{nihongo|Ōwada Anchorage||Ōwada-no-tomari}} and was one of the ports from which [[imperial embassies to China]] were dispatched.<ref name="kobecityinfo"/><ref name="oldkobehistory"/> 
The city was briefly the [[capital of Japan]] in 1180, when [[Taira no Kiyomori]] moved his grandson [[Emperor Antoku]] to [[Fukuhara-kyō]] in present-day Hyōgo-ku.<ref name="oldkobehistory" /> The Emperor returned to Kyoto after about five months.<ref name="kobecityinfo"/>
Shortly thereafter in 1184, the [[Taira]] fortress in Hyōgo-ku and the nearby Ikuta Shrine became the sites of the [[Genpei War]] [[battle of Ichi-no-Tani]] between the Taira and [[Minamoto clan]]s. The Minamoto prevailed, forcing Taira remnants to flee to Shikoku.
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File:Taira no Kiyomori Portrait by Fujiwara Tamenobu and Takenobu.png|[[Taira no Kiyomori]]
File:Yukimi-no-gosho.jpg|Marker indicating the former location of [[Fukuhara-kyō]]
File:Genpei kassen.jpg|[[Battle of Ichi-no-Tani]] ([[Genpei War]])
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