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Japan: 'Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace', from the 'Illustrated Scrolls of the Events of the Heiji Era' (Heiji monogatari emaki) < / i>, Kamakura Period, c. 2nd half of the 13th century (detail from scroll)
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The Siege of the Sanjo Palace was the primary battle of the Heiji Rebellion (January 19 - February 5, 1160).
. In the Siege of Sanjo Palace, Nobuyori and his Minamoto allies abducted the former emperor Emperor Go-Shirakawa and Emperor Nijo and set fire to the Palace.