Japan: 'Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace', from the 'Illustrated Scrolls of the Events of the Heiji Era' (Heiji monogatari emaki), Kamakura Period, c. 2nd half of the 13th century (detail from scroll)

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.

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