Heiji rebellion

Heiji rebellion
	Part of Minamoto–Taira clan disputes of the Heian period
	; Emperor Nijō escaping from the imperial palace
Date	January 19 – February 5, 1160
Location	Kyōto, Japan and surrounding areas
Result	Taira victory; Minamoto leaders banished
Belligerents
Taira clan, forces loyal to Emperor Nijō, forces loyal to Emperor Go-Shirakawa	Minamoto clan
Commanders and leaders
Taira no Kiyomori; Taira no Shigemori; Taira no Tsunemori; Fujiwara no Michinori †; Fujiwara no Tadamichi	Minamoto no Yoshitomo ; Minamoto no Yoshihira ; Minamoto no Yoritomo; Fujiwara no Nobuyori
Strength
few thousand	few thousand
Casualties and losses
unknown	unknown

The Heiji rebellion (平治の乱, Heiji no ran, January 19 – February 5, 1160) was a short civil war between rival subjects of the cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan in 1160 fought in order to resolve a dispute about political power. It was preceded by the Hōgen Rebellion in 1156. Heiji no ran is seen as a direct outcome of the earlier armed dispute; but unlike Hōgen no ran, which was a dispute between Emperors in which members of the same clan fought on different sides, this was rather a struggle for power between two rival samurai clans. It is also seen as a precursor of a broader civil war.

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