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Go-Shirakawa

1127 CE – 1192 CE

Retrace Go-Shirakawa's life across the map — 3 events in chronological order, from a cinematic flythrough to a full timeline.

Life journey

1. Siege of Shirakawa-den1156 CE
   The siege of the Shirakawa-den (白河殿夜討) was the central event of the Hōgen Rebellion, a succession dispute which broke out after the death of the cloistered Emperor Toba. The conflict grew to involve the Fujiwara, Minamoto, and Taira clans, all major powers of the period.
2. Siege of Sanjō Palace1160 CE
   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). The Siege is the focal point of the Japanese war epic The Tale of Heiji and the corresponding Illustrated Scrolls of the Tales of the Heiji. The Night Attack on Sanjō Palace handscroll is the most prominent of the three extant Illustrated Scrolls and belongs to The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in Boston, Massachusetts, where it currently resides on display.
3. Heiji rebellion1160 CE
   The Heiji rebellion was a short civil war between rival subjects of the cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan in 1160 fought in order to resolve a dispute about political power. It was preceded by the Hōgen Rebellion in 1156. Heiji no ran is seen as a direct outcome of the earlier armed dispute; but unlike Hōgen no ran, which was a dispute between Emperors in which members of the same clan fought on different sides, this was rather a struggle for power between two rival samurai clans. It is also seen as a precursor of a broader civil war.

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