Jokyu War, also known as the Jokyu Disturbance or the Jokyu Rebellion, is fought in Japan between the forces of Retired Emperor Go-Toba and those of the Hojo clan, regents of the Kamakura shogunate, whom the retired emperor is trying to overthrow.The main battle is at Uji, just outside Kyoto; this is the third battle to be fought there in less than half a century.
It takes place in 1221, that is, the third year of the Jokyu era.
