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*''Date: [[866]]''
*''Place: [[Kyoto Gosho]], [[Kyoto]]''
*Japanese: 応天門の変 ''(Ootenmon no hen)''
The Ôtemmon Incident was an event taking place in [[866]] and centering around the destruction of the main gate (''Ôtenmon'') of the [[Kyoto Gosho]] (Imperial Palace) in [[Kyoto]]. This event is known primarily to scholars today based on the depiction of it in the narrative handscroll (''[[emaki]]'') called ''[[Ban Dainagon Ekotoba]]'' (The Picture-narrative of Great Minister Ban).
[[Minamoto no Makoto]], a member of the powerful [[Minamoto clan]], was accused by his political rival [[Tomo no Yoshio|Ban Tomo no Yoshio]] of having set the fire. However, Makoto had the support of the ''[[Daijo Daijin|Daijô Daijin]]'' (Chancellor of the Realm) [[Fujiwara no Yoshifusa]], and was cleared of the charges. Soon afterwards, however, a man claiming to have witnessed the event accused Ban Yoshio of setting the fire himself, along with his son. Yoshio, his son, several other members of the Ban family, as well as a few of the [[Ki clan|Ki family]] were convicted and executed.
This event, and Fujiwara no Yoshifusa's handling of it, served Yoshifusa well, politically. Many of those executed were his political rivals, and he found himself promoted to Regent (''[[Sessho and Kampaku|Sesshô]]'') soon afterwards.
==References==
*''This article was written by [[User:LordAmeth]] and contributed to both S-A and Wikipedia; the author gives permission for his work to be used in this way.''
*Mills, Douglas E (1985). "Ōtemmon Conspiracy." <u>Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan</u>. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.
[[Category:Heian Period]]
[[Category:Events and Incidents]]
*''Place: [[Kyoto Gosho]], [[Kyoto]]''
*Japanese: 応天門の変 ''(Ootenmon no hen)''
The Ôtemmon Incident was an event taking place in [[866]] and centering around the destruction of the main gate (''Ôtenmon'') of the [[Kyoto Gosho]] (Imperial Palace) in [[Kyoto]]. This event is known primarily to scholars today based on the depiction of it in the narrative handscroll (''[[emaki]]'') called ''[[Ban Dainagon Ekotoba]]'' (The Picture-narrative of Great Minister Ban).
[[Minamoto no Makoto]], a member of the powerful [[Minamoto clan]], was accused by his political rival [[Tomo no Yoshio|Ban Tomo no Yoshio]] of having set the fire. However, Makoto had the support of the ''[[Daijo Daijin|Daijô Daijin]]'' (Chancellor of the Realm) [[Fujiwara no Yoshifusa]], and was cleared of the charges. Soon afterwards, however, a man claiming to have witnessed the event accused Ban Yoshio of setting the fire himself, along with his son. Yoshio, his son, several other members of the Ban family, as well as a few of the [[Ki clan|Ki family]] were convicted and executed.
This event, and Fujiwara no Yoshifusa's handling of it, served Yoshifusa well, politically. Many of those executed were his political rivals, and he found himself promoted to Regent (''[[Sessho and Kampaku|Sesshô]]'') soon afterwards.
==References==
*''This article was written by [[User:LordAmeth]] and contributed to both S-A and Wikipedia; the author gives permission for his work to be used in this way.''
*Mills, Douglas E (1985). "Ōtemmon Conspiracy." <u>Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan</u>. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.
[[Category:Heian Period]]
[[Category:Events and Incidents]]
