War of Jinshin

The war of Jinshin (壬申の乱, Jinshin No Ran ) was a war of succession which took place with the Japan in 672 following the death of the emperor Tenji. In the beginning, Tenji had designated his/her brother prince Ō-ama like successor, but had then changed opinion with the birth of his/her son prince Ōtomo in favor of this last.

Unfolding

To died of his/her father, Ōtomo goes up on the throne and becomes the emperor Kōbun. Ō-ama, which had been withdrawn in the mountains with Yoshino in the Province of Yamato, returns to the head of an army. The noble ones take party for one then or the other of the applicants and the event degenerates into civil war. The army of prince Ō-ama, who walks towards the east and the capital of the time, Omikyō (Province of Ōmi), through the provinces of Yamato, Iga and Mino, meets that of Kōbun in the North-East of the province of Mino (today Sekigahara). Ō-ama gains the battle and Kōbun commits suicide after only eight month of reign and Ō-ama becomes then the emperor Temmu.

References

Encyclopedia of Japan Kodansha , Kodansha Ltd.

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