Packet 4: Tossup 17

The severed head of a rebel from this clan legendarily flew from Kyoto to the village of Shibasaki. 32 members of this clan each completed one scroll of sutras housed at Itsukushima Shrine, whose “floating” torii was built by a head of this clan. (10[1])The branch of this clan that ascended in the Heiji Disturbance was founded when Takamochi, a great-grandson of Emperor Kanmu, was demoted to the nobility. This clan is referenced in an incipit (“in-SIP-it”) that evokes the “sound of the Gion Shōja bells.” (10[1])Members of this (10[1])clan were said to be reincarnated (10[1])as crabs with human faces at a site where the (10[1])original (10[1])sword Kusanagi was lost. This parent (-5[1])clan of the Chiba and Hōjō made a last stand with the boy emperor (10[1])Antoku (10[1])at the Battle of Dan-no-ura, (-5[1])as related in its namesake monogatari. (-5[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])what clan was defeated in the Genpei War (10[1])by (10[1])the (10[1])Minamoto? (10[1])■END■ (10[7]0[3])

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