What the records say
- When
- 26 Jan 1160 – 12 Feb 1160
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 35.01° N, 135.77° E
- Description
- 1160 siege
Siege of Sanjō Palace
1160 siege, inciting incident of the Heiji Rebellion
The siege of the Sanjō Palace was the inciting incident of the Heiji Rebellion during the late Heian period of Japan. The conflict arose from feud between court advisors Fujiwara no Nobuyori and Fujiwara no Michinori, both of the powerful Fujiwara clan, with each respectively allied alongside the warrior clans of the Minamoto (Genji) and Taira (Heiki).
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In Japan, the Heiji Rebellion began with the siege of the Sanjō Palace”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Während der Heiji-Rebellion in Japan kommt es zur Belagerung des Sanjō-Palastes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le siège du palais de Sanjō met fin à la rébellion de Heiji au Japon”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page