Heiji Rebellion

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The Heiji Rebellion was a short but pivotal 12th-century civil war in Japan that intensified the power struggle between the Taira and Minamoto clans and helped set the stage for the rise of the samurai-led shogunate.

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Label Occurrences
Heiji Rebellion canonical 7
Kakitsu Rebellion 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
civil war
historical event
alsoKnownAs Heiji no ran
cause court factionalism in the Heian period
power struggle between Taira and Minamoto clans
chronologicalOrderInSeries second of the Hōgen–Heiji disturbances
commandedBy Minamoto no Yoshitomo
Taira no Kiyomori
conflictBetween Minamoto clan
Taira clan
country Japan
depictedIn Heiji Monogatari Emaki
endTime 1160
era Heian period
followedBy Genpei War
follows Hōgen Rebellion
genre Japanese civil war
hasParticipant Emperor Go-Shirakawa
Emperor Nijō
Fujiwara no Nobuyori
Minamoto clan
Minamoto no Yoshitomo
Taira clan
Taira no Kiyomori
historicalPeriod 12th century
involves imperial court nobles
samurai
keyOutcome execution and exile of Minamoto leaders
increased dominance of Taira clan at the imperial court
languageOfName Japanese
locatedIn Kyoto
surface form: Heian-kyō

Kyoto
mainTheaterOfWar Kyoto
militaryConflictType succession and power struggle
partOf Heian period
surface form: late Heian period
precededBy Hōgen Rebellion
relatedWork Heiji no ran
surface form: Heiji Monogatari
result Taira victory
consolidation of Taira power at court
defeat of Minamoto no Yoshitomo
significance helped set the stage for the rise of the samurai-led shogunate
intensified rivalry between Taira and Minamoto clans
weakened imperial court authority
startTime 1159
year 1159–1160

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Hōgen Rebellion followedBy Heiji Rebellion
Genpei War precededBy Heiji Rebellion
Taira no Kiyomori conflict Heiji Rebellion
Minamoto clan involvedInConflict Heiji Rebellion
Ōnin War precededBy Heiji Rebellion
this entity surface form: Kakitsu Rebellion
Minamoto no Yoshitomo participatedIn Heiji Rebellion
Taira clan conflict Heiji Rebellion
Emperor Go-Shirakawa notableEvent Heiji Rebellion