| 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. |
| *"Mystery of a Grave in Iojima." [http://www1.city.nagasaki.nagasaki.jp/kokusai/gcnews/2005/200503/index_e.html Global Citizens News Vol 78]. 1 March 2005. Accessed 21 May 2007. | | *"Mystery of a Grave in Iojima." [http://www1.city.nagasaki.nagasaki.jp/kokusai/gcnews/2005/200503/index_e.html Global Citizens News Vol 78]. 1 March 2005. Accessed 21 May 2007. |
| *Sansom, George (1958). 'A History of Japan to 1334'. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. pp267-9. | | *Sansom, George (1958). 'A History of Japan to 1334'. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. pp267-9. |