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Tainei-ji incident

1551 CE · Japan, Asia · War

Tainei-ji incident
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The Tainei-ji incident was a coup d'etat in September 1551 led by Sue Takafusa against Ōuchi Yoshitaka, hegemon and shugo daimyō of western Japan, which ended in the latter's forced suicide in Tainei-ji, a temple in Nagato Province.

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