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*''Date: [[1159]]-[[1160]]''
*''Japanese'': 平治の乱 ''(Heiji no ran)''
The Heiji Disturbance was a conflict between the [[Minamoto clan|Minamoto]] and [[Taira clan]]s, led by [[Minamoto no Yoshitomo]] and [[Taira no Kiyomori]] respectively. Along with the [[Hogen Disturbance|Hôgen Disturbance]] of [[1156]], it marks the rise of Taira power, the beginning of the decline of direct Imperial power, and the early stages of the rise of the samurai class.
The attack on the [[Sanjo Palace|Sanjô Palace]] on 1159/12/9 was the chief action of the conflict. Minamoto no Yoshitomo attacked the Imperial residence with roughly 500 warriors, kidnapping the Retired [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]] and setting the building aflame. The events are dramatically depicted in a famous, later, handscroll composition now in the collection of the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]], and entitled "Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace."
Following the Taira victory, Minamoto no Yoshitomo was executed along with his eldest son, [[Minamoto no Yoshihira]]. His wife, [[Tokiwa Gozen]], was spared along with their two younger sons, [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] and [[Minamoto no Yoshitsune|Yoshitsune]], who merely fled into exile, or into hiding. Yoritomo and Yoshitsune would later grow up to lead the Minamoto in destroying the Taira clan in the [[Genpei War]] of [[1180]]-[[1185]].
[[Image:Heiji 1.jpg|center|thumb|962px|The [[Siege of the Sanjo Palace|Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace]] Handscroll Painting (Detail). [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]. [http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/night-attack-on-the-sanj-palace-from-the-illustrated-scrolls-of-the-events-of-the-heiji-era-heiji-monogatari-emaki-24523 11.4000].]]
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==References==
*Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 71.
*''Japanese'': 平治の乱 ''(Heiji no ran)''
The Heiji Disturbance was a conflict between the [[Minamoto clan|Minamoto]] and [[Taira clan]]s, led by [[Minamoto no Yoshitomo]] and [[Taira no Kiyomori]] respectively. Along with the [[Hogen Disturbance|Hôgen Disturbance]] of [[1156]], it marks the rise of Taira power, the beginning of the decline of direct Imperial power, and the early stages of the rise of the samurai class.
The attack on the [[Sanjo Palace|Sanjô Palace]] on 1159/12/9 was the chief action of the conflict. Minamoto no Yoshitomo attacked the Imperial residence with roughly 500 warriors, kidnapping the Retired [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]] and setting the building aflame. The events are dramatically depicted in a famous, later, handscroll composition now in the collection of the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]], and entitled "Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace."
Following the Taira victory, Minamoto no Yoshitomo was executed along with his eldest son, [[Minamoto no Yoshihira]]. His wife, [[Tokiwa Gozen]], was spared along with their two younger sons, [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] and [[Minamoto no Yoshitsune|Yoshitsune]], who merely fled into exile, or into hiding. Yoritomo and Yoshitsune would later grow up to lead the Minamoto in destroying the Taira clan in the [[Genpei War]] of [[1180]]-[[1185]].
[[Image:Heiji 1.jpg|center|thumb|962px|The [[Siege of the Sanjo Palace|Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace]] Handscroll Painting (Detail). [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]. [http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/night-attack-on-the-sanj-palace-from-the-illustrated-scrolls-of-the-events-of-the-heiji-era-heiji-monogatari-emaki-24523 11.4000].]]
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==References==
*Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 71.
