<P> In 1180 , Taira no Kiyomori put his grandson Antoku ( then only 2 years of age ) on the throne after the abdication of Emperor Takakura . Emperor Go - Shirakawa 's son Mochihito felt that he was being denied his rightful place on the throne and , with the help of Minamoto no Yorimasa , sent out a call to arms to the Minamoto clan and Buddhist monasteries in May . However , this plot ended with the deaths of Yorimasa and Mochihito . </P>
<P> In 1180 , Taira no Kiyomori put his grandson Antoku ( then only 2 years of age ) on the throne after the abdication of Emperor Takakura . Emperor Go - Shirakawa 's son Mochihito felt that he was being denied his rightful place on the throne and , with the help of Minamoto no Yorimasa , sent out a call to arms to the Minamoto clan and Buddhist monasteries in May . However , this plot ended with the deaths of Yorimasa and Mochihito . </P>
the minamoto and taira claimed status from their relationship to the
the minamoto and taira claimed status from their relationship to the
Emperor Takakura
Emperor Takakura