Siege of Sanjō Palace

The Siege of the Sanjō Palace was the primary battle of the 1159 Heiji Rebellion. In early January of 1160, after Taira no Kiyomori left Kyoto on a family pilgrimage, Fujiwara no Nobuyori and Minamoto no Yoshitomo saw an opportunity to effect changes they sought in the government. With a force of roughly five hundred men, they attacked in the night, kidnapping former emperor Emperor Go-Shirakawa, and setting fire to the Palace. They also abducted and imprisoned then current emperor, Emperor Nijō, who supported their enemies, the Taira clan and Fujiwara no Michinori.
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