The Forbidden City

Japanese: 禁闕の変 - きんけつのへん

In September 1443 (Kakitsu 3), Hino Arimitsu, a surviving retainer of the Southern Court, seized the Sacred Treasures. Taking advantage of the instability of the shogunate's power after the Kakitsu Rebellion, including the early death of Shogun Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Arimitsu conspired with Prince Takahide of the Later Southern Court to break into the Imperial Palace (Kinketsu) and set it on fire, seizing the Sacred Seal and Sword, and barricading himself in Mount Hiei. However, he was attacked by Kanrei Hatakeyama Mochikuni and the warrior monks of Enryaku-ji Temple, and was killed along with Prince Takahide and his son Sukechika. The significance of this incident lies in the fact that the remaining retainers of the Akamatsu clan, including the Kodera clan, later recaptured the Sacred Seal, providing an opportunity to restore the head of the Akamatsu family.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1443年(嘉吉3)9月，南朝遺臣日野有光が神器を奪った事件。有光は将軍足利義勝の早世など嘉吉の乱後の幕府権力の動揺につけこみ，後南朝尊秀王と通じて内裏(禁闕)に侵入して放火し，神璽，宝剣を奪って比叡山に立てこもった。しかし管領畠山持国や延暦寺僧兵に攻められ，尊秀王や子息資親らとともに殺された。この事件の意義はむしろ，後に小寺氏などの赤松氏遺臣たちがこの神璽を奪還することにより，赤松惣領家再興の契機とした点にある。

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