Heiji Rebellion

Japanese: 平治の乱 - へいじのらん

A civil war broke out in 1159 (Heiji 1) at the end of the Heian period. After the Hogen Rebellion, Fujiwara Michinori (Shinzei) and Fujiwara Nobuyori became enemies over Emperor Goshirakawa, with Michinori allied with Taira Kiyomori and Nobuyori with Minamoto Yoshitomo. Nobuyori and his men raised an army during Kiyomori's pilgrimage to Kumano, imprisoning the Emperor and killing Michinori. However, they were defeated by Kiyomori who returned to Kyoto, and Nobuyori was executed and Yoshitomo was killed in Owari. Yoshitomo's son Yoritomo was also exiled to Izu, and the Genji temporarily declined, but in 1167 Kiyomori became the Prime Minister and the Taira reached their zenith.
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Japanese:

平安末期，1159年（平治１）に起こった内乱。保元(ほうげん)の乱の後，後白河法皇をめぐって藤原通憲(みちのり)（信西）と藤原信頼とが反目し，通憲は平清盛と，信頼は源義朝(よしとも)と結んで対立。信頼らは清盛の熊野参詣(さんけい)中挙兵，法皇を幽閉し，通憲を殺した。しかし帰京した清盛に敗れ，信頼は斬罪，義朝は尾張(おわり)で殺された。義朝の子頼朝も伊豆に流され源氏は一時衰退，1167年清盛は太政大臣となり平氏は全盛をきわめた。
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