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Ōtenmon Incident
The was a conspiracy that took place in 866 and centered on the destruction of the main gate ('' Ōtenmon'') of the of the Imperial Palace in Kyoto, Japan. This event is known to scholars today primarily based on the depiction of it in the narrative handscroll ('' emaki'') called '' Ban Dainagon Ekotoba'' (The Picture-narrative of Great Minister Ban). Minamoto no Makoto, a member of the powerful Minamoto clan was a Aristocracy (class), noble surname bestowed by the Emperors of Japan upon members of the Imperial House of Japan, imperial family who were excluded from the List of emperors of Japan, line of succession and demoted into the ranks of Nobili ..., was accused by his political rival Tomo no Yoshio of having set the fire. However, Makoto had the support of the '' Daijō-daijin'' (Chancellor of the Realm) Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, and was cleared of the charges. Soon afterwards, however, a man claiming to have witnessed the event accused Tomo no Yoshio of setting the fire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yingtian Gate
The Yingtian Gate, Ying Tian Men or Ōtenmon (Traditional Chinese: 應天門; Simplified Chinese: 应天门, Kyūjitai: 応天門) was the southern gate of the imperial palace in Luoyang during the Sui and Tang dynasties, and it may have been the largest city gate in ancient China. Ancient Japan constructed capital gates with the same names in the cities of Heian-kyō (present-day Kyoto) and Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara). Yingtian Gate in Luoyang It was originally built in 605 AD, the first year of the Daye era of the Sui dynasty, and was initially named the Zetian Gate(則天門). In 705 AD, the first year of the Shenlong era, the gate's name was changed to Yingtian Gate to avoid the naming taboo of Empress Wu Zetian. The gate was destroyed during the Northern Song dynasty and was reconstructed at its original site in 2016. The Yingtian Gate served as a ceremonial and celebratory venue for the Sui, Tang, and Wuzhou dynasties under Empress Wu Zetian's rule. Emperor Gaozong of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heian Palace
The was the original imperial palace of (present-day Kyoto), then the capital of Japan. Both the palace and the city were constructed in the late 700s and were patterned on Ancient Chinese urban planning, Chinese models and designs. The palace served as the imperial residence and the administrative centre for most of the Heian period (794–1185). Located in the north-central section of the city, the palace consisted of a large, walled, rectangular Greater Palace (the ), which contained several ceremonial and administrative buildings including the government ministries. Inside this enclosure was the separately walled #Inner Palace (Dairi), residential compound of the Emperor of Japan, emperor, or the Inner Palace (). In addition to the emperor's living quarters, the Inner Palace contained the residences of the imperial consorts and buildings more closely linked to the person of the emperor. The original role of the palace was to manifest the centralised government model adopt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyoto
Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it the List of cities in Japan, ninth-most populous city in Japan. More than half (56.8%) of Kyoto Prefecture's population resides in the city. The city is the cultural anchor of the substantially larger Greater Kyoto, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 3.8 million people. It is also part of the even larger Keihanshin, Keihanshin metropolitan area, along with Osaka and Kobe. Kyoto is one of the oldest municipalities in Japan, having been chosen in 794 as the new seat of Japan's imperial court by Emperor Kanmu. The original city, named Heian-kyō, was arranged in accordance with traditional Chinese feng shui following the model of the ancient Chinese capitals of Chang'an and Luoyang. The emperors of Japan ruled fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emaki
Illustrated handscrolls, , or is an illustrated horizontal narration system of painted handscrolls that dates back to Nara-period (710–794 CE) Japan. Initially copying their much older Chinese counterparts in style, during the succeeding Heian period, Heian (794–1185) and Kamakura periods (1185–1333), Japanese developed their own distinct style. The term therefore refers only to Japanese painted narrative scrolls. As in the Chinese and Korean scrolls, combine calligraphy and illustrations and are painted, drawn or stamped on long rolls of paper or silk sometimes measuring several metres. The reader unwinds each scroll little by little, revealing the story as seen fit. are therefore a narrative genre similar to the book, developing romantic or epic stories, or illustrating religious texts and legends. Fully anchored in the style, these Japanese works are above all an everyday art, centered on the human being and the sensations conveyed by the artist. Although the ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ban Dainagon Ekotoba
is a late 12th-century ''emakimono'' (handscroll painting) depicting the events of the Ōtemmon Conspiracy, an event of Japan's early Heian period. The painting, attributed to Tokiwa Mitsunaga, is over long and about tall. History It is widely believed that these handscrolls were ordered by the retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127-1192, r. 1155–1158) to pacify the angry spirit of Tomo no Yoshio after the imperial Ōtenmon burnt down during the Kyoto fire in 1177. Regardless of whether the scroll was made as a result of the fire in 1177, it appears that the intention of the scroll is to mollify Tomo no Yoshio's angry spirit. Description The scroll itself depicts the events of the Ōtenmon conspiracy involving Tomo no Yoshio, which occurred on the tenth day of the third month of 866. Tomo no Yoshio's regret was emphasized in the scrolls through the written text in an attempt to protect against the vengeful will of Tomo no Yoshio's spirit. The full-color painting depicts the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minamoto No Makoto
was the seventh son of the Emperor of Japan, Japanese emperor Emperor Saga, Saga, and was the first courtier to be given the name Minamoto. Initially an honorary name given to a number of unrelated courtiers by a number of different emperors, the Minamoto clan would grow to be an integrated clan family, one of the most powerful and most important in all of History of Japan, Japanese history. Makoto, also known as Kitabe-daijin, was the brother of Emperor Ninmyō, Emperor Nimmyō, Minamoto no Tokiwa, and Minamoto no Tōru. He received the name "Minamoto" in 814. Towards the end of his life, in 866, the main gate (''Ōtemmon'') of the Heian Palace, Imperial Palace was destroyed by a fire; in one of the Heian period's more famous events of court intrigues, Makoto was accused by his political rival Tomo no Yoshio of having set the blaze. This came to be known as the "Ōtenmon Conspiracy" (応天門の変, ''Ōtemmon no Hen''); with the help of his powerful connections at court, Mako ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minamoto Clan
was a Aristocracy (class), noble surname bestowed by the Emperors of Japan upon members of the Imperial House of Japan, imperial family who were excluded from the List of emperors of Japan, line of succession and demoted into the ranks of Nobility, the nobility since 814."...the Minamoto (1192-1333)". ''Warrior Rule in Japan'', page 11. Cambridge University Press. Several noble lines were bestowed the surname, the most notable of which was the Seiwa Genji, whose descendants established the Kamakura shogunate, Kamakura and Ashikaga shogunate, Ashikaga Shogun, shogunates following the Heian era. The Minamoto was one of the four great Japanese clans, clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian period, Heian period in History of Japan, Japanese history—the other three were the Fujiwara clan, Fujiwara, the Taira clan, Taira, and the Tachibana clan (kuge), Tachibana. In the late Heian period, Minamoto rivalry with the Taira culminated in the Genpei War (1180–1185 AD). T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomo No Yoshio
, or , was a counselor of the state in pre-feudal Japan. In Japanese mythology, he was the source for Ban no Yoshio, God of pestilence. Arson On the tenth day of the third month of 866, Tomo no Yoshio set fire to the Ōtenmon gate with the intent of placing blame on the minister of the left, the sadajin Minamoto no Makoto. Arson was considered a serious crime in Japan, and the punishment was typically execution. However, Yoshio was able to convince the minister on the right, Udajin Fujiwara no Yoshimi, that Makoto was behind the arson. As a result, Yoshimi attempted to get the counselor, Fujiwara no Mototsune, to arrest Makoto. Instead of making the arrest, Mototsune informed his father, the Daijō Daijin, Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, of the situation. Yoshifusa was unconvinced that Makoto could do such a heinous crime and called for the emperor in an attempt to vouch for Makoto's innocence and straighten out the matter at hand. As a result, Makoto was left unpunished, and a consola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daijō-daijin
The was the head of the during and after the Nara period and briefly under the Meiji Constitution. It was equivalent to the Chinese , or Grand Preceptor. History Emperor Tenji's favorite son, Prince Ōtomo, was the first to have been accorded the title of ''Daijō-daijin'' during the reign of his father. The Asuka Kiyomihara Code of 689 marks the initial appearance of the ''Daijō-Daijin'' in the context of a central administrative body composed of the three ministers: the ''Daijō-daijin'' (Chancellor), the , and the . These positions were consolidated under the Code of Taihō in 702. At a time when the Emperor and the nobility held real power, the ''Daijō-daijin'' was the highest position in the ''Daijō-kan'', the central organ of the state. However, it was stipulated by law that no one could be appointed to this position if there was no suitable candidate, and the highest permanent position in the ''Daijō-kan'' was that of ''Sadaijin''. In the Nara period (710– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fujiwara No Yoshifusa
, also known as ''Somedono no Daijin'' or ''Shirakawa-dono'', was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Nakahira" in ; Brinkley, Frank ''et al.'' (1915). When Yoshifusa's grandson was enthroned as Emperor Seiwa, Yoshifusa assumed the role of regent ( ''sesshō'') for the young monarch. He was the first ''sesshō'' in Japanese history who was not himself of imperial rank; and he was the first of a series of regents from the Fujiwara clan. Career He was a minister during the reigns of Emperor Ninmyō, Emperor Montoku and Emperor Seiwa. * 834 ('' Jōwa 1, 9th day of the 7th month''): Sangi * 835 (''Jōwa 2''): Gon-no- Chūnagon * 840 (''Jōwa 7''): Chūnagon * 842 (''Jōwa 9''): Dainagon * 848 ('' Saikō 1, 1st month''): Udaijin * 857 (''Saikō 4, 19th day of the 2nd month''): Daijō Daijin * 858 ('' Ten'an 2, 7th day of the 11th month''): Sesshō for Emperor Seiwa. * October 7, 872 ('' Jō ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izu Province
was a province of Japan in the area now part of Shizuoka Prefecture and Tokyo. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Izu''" in . Izu bordered on Sagami and Suruga Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was . The mainland portion of Izu Province, comprising the Izu Peninsula, is today the eastern portion of Shizuoka Prefecture and the Izu Islands are now part of Tokyo. History In 680 A.D., two districts of Suruga Province, Tagata District and Kamo District, were separated into the new Izu Province. At some point between the year 701 and 710, Naka District was added. The capital of the new province was established at Mishima, which also had the ''Kokubun-ji'' and the Ichinomiya ( Mishima Taisha) of the province. Under the '' Engishiki'' classification system, Izu was ranked as a "lesser country" (下国). Under the ''ritsuryō'' legal system, Izu was one of the preferred locations for exile for those convicted of political crimes by the Heian period court. In the Kamakura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
