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	taira (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In reference to Japanese history, Along with Minamoto, Taira was an honorary surname bestowed by the emperors of the Heian Period to the ex-member of the imperial family when they became subjects.
		The Kammu Heishi line proved to be the most strong and dominant line during the late Heian period with Taira no Kiyomori eventually forming the first samurai dominated government in the history of Japan.
		Taira was the name of a city in the Fukushima prefecture, before it was consolidated into the city of Iwaki.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Taira.html (260 words)

	Taira no Kiyomori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Taira no Kiyomori (平清盛 1118 - 1181) was a general of the late Heian period of Japan.
		After the death of his father Taira no Tadamori in 1153, Kiyomori assumed control of the Taira clan and ambitiously entered the political realm in which he had previously only held a minor post.
		Taira no Kiyomori is also the main character in the Kamakura period epic, the Tale of Heike.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taira_no_Kiyomori (492 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Taira
		Taira, military clan—also known as the Heike—that dominated Japan from 1159 to 1181.
		Descended from a branch of the imperial house, the Taira became...
		Hōjō, Japanese family of Taira descent that ruled Japan as hereditary regents (shikken) from 1199 to 1333.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Taira.html (86 words)

	Interview
		Taira confesses that her style is a hard one to define.
		Taira’s career as a fashion photographer is a result of no decision she remembers making consciously.
		Taira's images are alive with special effects, giving her work a fresh twist that distinguishes her from the rest.
	www.apogeephoto.com /june2002/pmag62002.shtml (2810 words)

	Kamakura period
		The most important clans were the Taira, or Heike, with land holdings in the west, and the Minamoto, or Genji, with land holdings in the east.
		The Taira and the Minamoto each supported one of the rivals, and Taira Kiyomori (leader of the Taira) was able to prevail and place his candidate on the throne.
		The Taira were as much a part of the court and its elegant ways as the Fujiwara had been; their allegiance was not to the provinces from which they came but to Kyoto and its courtly culture.
	f99.middlebury.edu /JA216A/kamakura.html (817 words)

	Taira Shinken Kobudo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Taira Shinken was born Maezato Shinken on the tiny island of Kumejima in the village of Nakazato, in what is now Okinawa Prefecture, on June 12, 1897.
		Taira's early attempts at developing full contact weapons training were later abandoned possibly due to a shortage of materials and supplies due to Japan's ever growing involvement in World War II.
		Taira's choice of kanji may be perhaps due to the source of his inspiration; a Buddhist symbol.
	www.mariomckenna.com /tairashinken.html (1548 words)

	Giappone: Tutte le informazioni su Giappone su Encyclopedia.it
		La scarsità delle strade e le loro pietose condizioni (i ponti mancheranno quasi completamente fino all'incontro con il mondo occidentale), resero però il potere centrale incapace di una efficace politica per cui quando il prestigio di chi era al trono venne a diminuire, subito la grande nobiltà riprese forza.
		Nel XII secolo iniziò un'altro periodo di lotte intestine tra le potenti famiglie dei Taira e dei Minamoto.
		Con Kiyomori (1118-1121) i Taira ebbero il sopravvento e iniziarono una violenta opera di repressione che preparò il cammino alla rivincita dei Minamoto.
	www.encyclopedia.it /g/gi/giappone.html (4365 words)

	Taira Shinken
		Taira Shinken was born Maezato Shinken on the 12th June 1897, in the village of Nakazato, on the island of Kumejima.
		Taira expanded his knowledge of Kata and techniques of the Bo and Sai under the close scrutiny of Mabuni Sensei.
		Taira's early attempts at developing full contact weapon sparring was later abandoned possibly to a shortage of material due to Japans increasing involvement in WW2.
	budoway.com /TairaShinken.htm (936 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features
		Taira wants to end her tenure quietly and has steadfastly resisted attempts by the artist community to give her a farewell.
		Taira, who declined to give her age ("I like to think you are ageless if you care about what you are doing") grew up during the Depression years and during World War II was interned with her family at a relocation camp in Arkansas.
		TAIRA EVENTUALLY quit teaching, but remained at the hospital as a volunteer and became involved with the planning for a gallery after one of her prints was selected for a printmakers' exhibition.
	starbulletin.com /2002/02/24/features/story1.html (1007 words)

	Master Taira Shinken
		Taira Shinken was born Maezato Shinken on the 12th June 1897, in the village of Nakazato'on the island of Kumejima.
		The kanji that Taira selected for his new kata, can be translated as the foundation of love/compassion.This maybe due to the source of his inspiration; a Buddhist symbol.
		Taira's Hozon Shinkokai included instruction in the use of nine different weapons and their respective kata's that he had learned during his years of instruction or those that he had created himself.
	www.munozisshinryu.com /taira_shinken.htm (1243 words)

	Taira Munemori
		The Taira busied themselves preparing a defense of the western provinces into 1184 while Minamoto Yoritomo eliminated Yoshinaka (who had now become more trouble to the Minamoto then he was worth).
		In March 1184, however, the legendary Minamoto Yoshitsune captured Ichi-no-tani, and the war entered its final stages as the gate to the west was thrown open.
		He was later taken to Kyoto and executed in shame, one of the few Taira not to commit suicide at Dan-no-ura.
	www.samurai-archives.com /munemori.html (823 words)

	Taira clan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Taira were one of the four important clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian period (794-1185) - the others were the Fujiwara, the Tachibana and the Minamoto.
		The Kammu Heishi line, founded in 889 by Taira no Takamochi (a great-grandson of the 50th tenno Kammu, reigned 781-806), proved to be the most strong and dominant line during the late Heian period with Taira no Kiyomori eventually forming the first samurai dominated government in the history of Japan.
		Taira no Kiyomori, son and heir of Tadamori, rose to the position of daijō daijin (great minister of state) following his victories in the Hōgen Disturbance (1156) and the Heiji Disturbance (1160).
	www.toshare.info /en/Taira.htm (411 words)

	Taira Shinken (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Taira Sensei became a deshi (student) of Funakoshi Gichin in an effort to learn Karatedo.
		Taira Sensei began to teach Karatedo and Kobudo in the quaint hot springs resort town of Ikaho, Gunma Prefecture.
		Taira Shinken Sensei is credited with bringing together many of the Okinawan's oldest and most prominent weapons traditions into one comprehensive system of weaponry training.
	www.itosu-kai.com /TairaS.html (338 words)

	Naval Battle of Dannoura
		In 1183 the Taira were forced to retreat from the capital of Kyoto.
		The Taira army finally retreated to Ichi-no-Tani near Kobe, where they built a fortress at the slope of a steep mountain cliff with the sea at the other side, where the Taira naval fleet anchored.
		Although the Taira warriors outnumbered the Yoshitsune troop, they were finally forced to retreat to their ships and sailed into the open sea.
	www.artelino.com /articles/naval_battle_dannoura.asp (954 words)

	The Pacific Law Group - Of Counsel Darryl M. Taira
		Taira passed all four parts of the Uniform Certified Public Accountant's examination and was previously employed with Deloitte Haskins and Sells and Ernst and Whinney in their respective Los Angeles offices.
		Taira began his legal career with the law firm of Case, Kay and Lynch.
		Taira is a frequent lecturer to various professional groups and associations in estate planning, real estate, business formation, insurance and retirement planning.
	www.paclawgroup.com /attyDarrylTaira.htm (169 words)

	Remembering Taira Shinken's teachings and kobudo by Minowa Katsuhiko (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Taira's manner and example left a deep impression on Minowa who has strove his whole life to live by the example set by Taira.
		However Minowa stressed that among Taira's students in Okinawa, the variation was relatively minor and that the largest variation in Kata and execution of technique occurred with Inoue Motokazu who lived on the Japanese mainland and saw Taira Shinken infrequently.
		The relative consistency of Kata and technique between Taira's closest students on Okinawa was also due to, in part, to the years of training they had spent together under Taira and the relatively close ties they maintained after Taira's death in 1970.
	www.mariomckenna.com /reflectionstairashinken.html (658 words)

	Taira (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In reference to Japanese history, Taira was an honorary surname bestowed by the emperors of the Heian Period to their sons.
		The first emperor to start granting the name Taira to his princes was the emperor Kammu.
		The last of the Kammu Heishi line was eventually destroyed by the armies of Minamoto no Yoritomo at the Battle of Dannoura, the last battle of the Gempei War.
	www.theezine.net /t/taira.html (167 words)

	Heian Period (794-1185A.D.)
		Taira family was not one of the peerage but a worrior family and was descendant of Emperor.
		Taira monopolized the Imperial Court posts and political authority since the Taira became a maternal relative of Emperor Antoku, but other peerage felt an antipathy against Taira because Taira excluded them from their posts.
		The Taira regarded a foreign trade with Sung Dynasty as important, and the Taira was founded on a profit accrued from the trading.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/japan/heian/heian-p.htm (2214 words)

	Feudal Japan: The Heiji War
		The result was an exponential growth in the power of the two greatest warrior clans, the Taira (or the Heike) and the Minamoto (or the Genji).
		This was a turning point in Japanese history, for the power to determine the affairs of the state had clearly passed to the warrior clans and their massive private armies.
		Seeing this, it became apparent that the power of the Taira had to be clipped in some way, so the retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa attempted to lay a military trap for Kiyimori with the aid of a minor Genji lord, Yukitsuna.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/FEUJAPAN/HEIJI.HTM (886 words)

	TAMIYA 1/12 Scale Model - Motorcycle Series "Yamaha YZF-R1 Taira Racing"
		Taira Racing, represented by former All Japan 500cc champion, Tadahiko Taira, put forth an abundance of these parts for use with the R1.
		Taira became the champion in the 350cc international A Class of 1980, but he did not stop there.
		Taira Racing has released abundant parts in the pursuit of riding excellence.
	www.zootoyz.net /en-us/p_86.html (556 words)

	Heike Monogatari
		Kiyomori, the leader of the Taira clan at the beginning of the Gempei War, is described as a ruthless, emotional tyrant, hungry for power and willing to take any means to crush his enemies and gain it.
		The boats of the Taira and Minamoto have inspired some grand imaginative leaps on the part of ukiyo-e artists, particularly Kuniyoshi and his school, who designed triptychs showing the full length of enormous, multi-decked ocean liners, often with decorative designs on them.
		And the ghosts of the Taira, led by Tomomori?" For those who have encountered the heroic myths of Yoshitsune, the actual "Tales of the Heike" may come as something of a disappointment, for he is depicted therein as a brave, but utterly pragmatic general, far from the dashing, romantic figure of legend.
	www.artelino.com /articles/heike-monogatari.asp (2685 words)

	History of Japan/Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
		The Taira dominated court politics by force and by marital ties with the imperial line.
		In 1180, Taira Kiyomori placed his grandson Antoku on the throne, briefly reviving the Fujiwara practice of using the regency to dominate the government.
		In 1180 the Minamoto revolted against the Taira and in the Gempei War (1180-85) defeated them and established the Kamakura shogunate, the first of the military governments that would rule Japan until 1868.
	www.shotokai.cl /otros_datos/japan_history.html (3955 words)

	Taira (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Descended from a branch of the imperial house, the Taira built a military power base in the provinces and became influential at the imperial court in Kyoto in the early 12th century.
		In the Heiji war of 1160, Taira Kiyomori, the Taira's greatest leader, crushed his rebellious rivals, the Minamoto family.
		Surviving Taira leaders were hunted down, and full military government of Japan was established by Minamoto Yoritomo, the first ruling shogun.
	www.ox.compsoc.net /~simon/simons/historyweb/taira.html (241 words)

	Notes for Tale of Heike, Chapter 9
		Taira make a retreat to the shoreline where rescuing boats are able to evacuate some of them, but many die.
		Taira no Shigehira is younger brother to the late Shigemori, who was the estimable leader of the Taira clan until his early death.
		Taira no Michimori is the eldest son of Norimori and so a half-brother to the beheaded Atsumori of Section [16].
	www.sonic.net /~tabine/Heike/Heikechpt09.html (2359 words)

	Japan, 1000-1400 A.D. \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Taira succeed in defeating the Minamoto and supplant the Fujiwara family as the dominant power at court.
		Through vivid descriptions of battles and military exploits, the saga of the Taira clan is told from the time of the Battle of the Heiji Era to the end of the Gempei War (1160–85).
		Although the text is thought to have been written by a courtier a few decades after the main events transpired, it is transmitted by itinerant blind storytellers who recite the narrative from memory to the accompaniment of a lute.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/ht/07/eaj/ht07eaj.htm (1300 words)

	Heian Era: 794-1192
		The Taira defeated a group of warrior monks who were allied with the Minamoto.
		The Taira troops withdrew at night thinking that the sounds of the wings of various birds was really an attack by the Minamoto.
		Taira attacking a small Minamoto fortress with the Taira winning thanks to a traitor in the Minamoto ranks.
	www.bookmice.net /darkchilde/japan/jh3.html (1040 words)

	Taira Kiyomori (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Possibly the son of Emperor Shirakawa, but raised in the Taira (or Heike) warrior clan, Kiyomori spent his youth at court and held provincial governorships from 1137 to 1156.
		Enjoying military and political control of the capital Kyoto, he promptly became the first warrior clansman ever to sit in the grand council of state and in 1167 was made grand minister of state.
		He appointed Taira kinsmen to numerous posts and married his daughters into the imperial family, causing widespread resentment.
	www.ox.compsoc.net /~gemini/simons/historyweb/taira-kiyomori.html (181 words)

	Minamoto Yoshitsune
		This was where the Taira had fled following their retreat from Kyoto and could be used as a staging area for any future attempts to return to the capital.
		With the Taira’s attentions fully diverted by Doi and Noriyori, Yoshitsune led his men in a hair-raising ride down the incline and into the rear of the fort.
		The Taira base was situated on the beach facing the mainland, with their fleet moored within easy reach in the shallows directly in front.
	www.samurai-archives.com /yoshitsune.html (2786 words)

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