| *''Place: [[Kyoto Gosho]], [[Kyoto]]'' | | *''Place: [[Kyoto Gosho]], [[Kyoto]]'' |
| [[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. | | [[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. |