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Shishigatani incident
The Shishigatani incident (鹿ケ谷事件, "Shishigatani jiken") of June 1177 was a failed uprising against the rule of Taira no Kiyomori in Japan. The conspiracy was discovered, and its perpetrators arrested and punished before any part of their plan was put into action.
The incident is also known in Japanese as "Shishigatani no Inbō" (鹿ケ谷の陰謀), the Shishigatani Conspiracy or Plot. The name comes from the location where the conspirators met, a mountain villa belonging to Jōken Hōin, in the Shishi Valley
give his prized horse to Taira no Munemori. This horse was later retrieved by one of his loyal soldiers, Kiô.
- Fujiwara no Narichika, father of Fujiwara no Naritsune. He was first exiled, and then executed by the Taira for his participation in the Shishigatani Incident.
- Fujiwara no Naritsune, son of Fujiwara no Narichika and conspirator in the Shishigatani Incident. He was exiled to Kikai-ga-shima, but was later granted amnesty for the sake of the unborn Emperor Antoku.
- Emperor Nijo