Editing Mii-dera (section)

===The Genpei Wars===
At the end of the 12th century, the attentions of the monks of [[Mount Hiei]] were turned towards a greater conflict: the [[Genpei War]]. The [[Taira]] and [[Minamoto]] families supported different claimants to the [[Chrysanthemum Throne]], and in June 1180, the Minamoto brought their claimant, [[Prince Mochihito]], to the Mii-dera, fleeing from Taira [[samurai]]. Mii-dera asked for aid from Enryaku-ji, but was denied. The monks of the Mii-dera joined the Minamoto army, and fled to the [[Byōdō-in]], a [[Fujiwara clan]] villa, which had been converted to a monastery by Mii-dera monks (see [[Battle of Uji (1180)]]).

Angered at the Mii-dera/Minamoto alliance, [[Taira no Kiyomori]] ordered the destruction of Mii-dera, and of many of the temples of Nara (see [[Siege of Nara]]).<ref name=Turnbull2>{{Cite book |last=Turnbull |first=Stephen |title=The Samurai Sourcebook |publisher=Cassell & Co. |year=1998 |isbn=1854095234 |page=200}}</ref> 

The monks of Mii-dera figured once more in the Genpei War, fighting alongside Taira sympathisers against [[Minamoto no Yoshinaka]], who invaded [[Kyoto]] in 1184, [[Siege of Hōjūjidono|setting fire to the Hōjūjidono Palace]] and kidnapping the retired emperor, [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa|Shirakawa&nbsp;II]].

Following the Genpei War, there was a long period of relative peace, as the temples of Kyoto and Nara, including the Mii-dera, were rebuilt. As the temples regained strength, rivalries reappeared, though little to no violence actually erupted between Mii-dera and Enryaku-ji. In 1367, when a novice from Mii-dera was killed at a toll barrier established by the temple of [[Nanzen-ji]], warrior monks from Mii-dera set out to attack Nanzen-ji; when the ''[[shōgun]]''{{'}}s forces were sent to quell the rebellion, they discovered Mii-dera's monks to be supported by ''sōhei'' from Enryaku-ji and Kōfuku-ji as well. A year later, another battle erupted, over comments made by the abbot of Nanzen-ji; the monks of Mii-dera, along with their allies, defeated the shogun's forces once again.