Hōgen Rebellion
保元の乱
Event · rebellion · 1156 · Kyoto, Japan
After the death of the cloistered emperor Toba in 1156, disputes over the succession within the imperial house and the Fujiwara led to two rebellions, the Hōgen (1156) and the Heiji (1160), fought out with the warriors of the Taira and the Minamoto1. Mason 2005, pp. 102–103. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.