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*''Date: [[1177]]''

* ''Date: [[1177]]''

*Japanese: 鹿ケ谷事件 ''(Shishigatani jiken)''; 鹿ケ谷の陰謀 ''(Shishigatani no inbou)''

* ''Japanese'': 鹿ヶ谷事件 ''(Shishigatani jiken)''; 鹿ヶ谷の陰謀 ''(Shishigatani no inbou)''

 

The Shishigatani Incident of summer [[1177]] was a failed uprising against the rule of [[Taira no Kiyomori]]. The conspiracy was discovered, and its perpetrators arrested and punished before any part of their plan was put into action.

The Shishigatani Incident of summer [[1177]] was a failed uprising against the rule of [[Taira no Kiyomori]]. The conspiracy was discovered, and its perpetrators arrested and punished before any part of their plan was put into action.

Tada Yukitsuna, however, was in fact a spy for Kiyomori, and reported the conspiracy to his lord. Saikô, a monk, was tortured and then executed, angering monastic groups already opposed to his considerable secular authority. Shunkan, Yasuyori, and Naritsune were exiled to a remote island south of [[Kyushu]] called Kikai-ga-shima; this may or may not be the same island currently officially designated by that name. Kiyomori then rebuked Emperor Go-Shirakawa, who had been aware of the plot, seized a number of mansions belonging to the Fujiwara, and dismissed a number of officials from office, including [[Sessho and Kampaku|Regent]] [[Fujiwara no Motofusa]]. He then filled the vacated Court positions with members of his own family.

Tada Yukitsuna, however, was in fact a spy for Kiyomori, and reported the conspiracy to his lord. Saikô, a monk, was tortured and then executed, angering monastic groups already opposed to his considerable secular authority. Shunkan, Yasuyori, and Naritsune were exiled to a remote island south of [[Kyushu]] called Kikai-ga-shima; this may or may not be the same island currently officially designated by that name. Kiyomori then rebuked Emperor Go-Shirakawa, who had been aware of the plot, seized a number of mansions belonging to the Fujiwara, and dismissed a number of officials from office, including [[Sessho and Kampaku|Regent]] [[Fujiwara no Motofusa]]. He then filled the vacated Court positions with members of his own family.

The events, and their consequences, are related in the classical epic ''[[Heike monogatari]]'', and in a number of derivative works such as the [[Noh]] play ''[[Shunkan (play)|Shunkan]]'' and the ''[[bunraku|jôruri]]'' (puppet theater) production ''[[Heike Nyogo-ga-Shima]]'' which concern themselves with the exiles on Kikai-ga-shima.

The events, and their consequences, are related in the classical epic ''[[Heike Monogatari]]'', and in a number of derivative works such as the [[Noh]] play ''[[Shunkan (play)|Shunkan]]'' and the ''[[bunraku|jôruri]]'' (puppet theater) production ''[[Heike Nyogo-ga-Shima]]'' which concern themselves with the exiles on Kikai-ga-shima.

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