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	Taira no Kiyomori
		Taira no Kiyomori (平清盛 1118 - 1181) was a general of the late Heian period of Japan.
		Kiyomori died early in the next year from sickness, leaving his sons with the downfall and destruction of the Taira at the hands of the Minamoto.
		Taira no Kiyomori is also the main character in the Kamakura period[?] epic, the Tale of Heike[?].
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ta/Taira_no_Kiyomori.html (440 words)

	Wikipedia: Taira
		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.
		The last of the head family 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.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/t/ta/taira.html (198 words)

	1083-87. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		Taira no Kiyomori was left in control of the nation.
		An abortive uprising against the Taira, led by an imperial prince and Minamoto Yorimasa (1106–80) together with certain monasteries, started a general uprising of the remnants of the Minamoto clan under the leadership of Yoshitomo's son, Yoritomo (1147–99), backed by Taira and other clansmen of eastern Japan.
		The elimination of the Taira left Yoritomo, as head of the Minamoto, virtual ruler of the nation and marked the beginning of the first period of feudal rule in Japan.
	www.bartleby.com /67/387.html (610 words)

	genpei_war (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Taira no Munemori, head of the clan since his father Kiyomori's death, led his army, along with the young Emperor Antoku and the Imperial regalia, to his clan's fortresses in western HonshÅ« and Shikoku.
		The fortress was surrounded, and the Taira retreated to Shikoku.
		Åba Kagechika (æ¯è¦ª å¤§åº), vassal of the Taira.
	www.greatbigjackpot.com /wiki/?title=Genpei_War (2912 words)

	Taira clan - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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.
		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).
		Another Kammu Heishi: Takamune-ō (804-867), the eldest son of Kazurahara-Shinnō (786-853) and a grandson of Emperor Kammu, received the kabane of Taira no Ason in 825.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Heike (304 words)

	Samurai Rising
		Taira Kiyomori faced continuing threats to his position from not only the rival Minamoto family, but from the increasingly militant and difficult to control Buddhist monasteries in the capital region.
		Taira Shigemori died in 1179, leaving the Taira clan in the hands of his brother, Munemori.
		Yoshitsune annihilated the Taira in a fierce naval engagement in the narrow Kanmon Strait at Dan no Ura.
	www.koreanhistoryproject.org /Ket/C05/E0504.htm (3097 words)

	Minamoto no Yoritomo - encyclopedia article about Minamoto no Yoritomo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Minamoto no Yoritomo was the third oldest son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, the heir of the Minamoto (Seiwa Genji) clan, and his official wife, Fujiwara no Saneori, who was a member of the illustrious Fujiwara clan.
		Taira no Kiyomori supported the Emperor Nijō, who was the son of Go-Shirakawa.
		In 1180, Prince Mochihito, a son of Cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa, humiliated by the Taira because of the Taira-backed accession of the throne of his nephew, Emperor Antoku (who was half Taira himself) made a national call to arms of the Minamoto clan all over Japan to rebel against the Taira.
	www.dr-science.org /wiki/Minamoto_no_Yoritomo (986 words)

	Taira - Wikipedia
		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[?].
	wikipedia.findthelinks.com /ta/Taira.html (158 words)

	Land of the Shogun
		Where Taira no Kiyomori had only limited military control in the immediate area around the imperial capital at Heian-kyo, Yoritomo's military dominance was nationwide.
		Kiyomori exercised his authority from behind the scenes and largely through the old civil government structure in the tradition of the Fujiwara before him.
		On December 23, 1198, more than thirteen years after the Taira clan suffered near annihilation, Rokudai Gozen was brought to Kamakura to face the wrath of Minamoto Yoritomo, who ordered him beheaded and buried on the bank of the Tagoe River in Sagami.
	www.koreanhistoryproject.org /Ket/C06/E0603.htm (2464 words)

	Taira clan - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This Taira clan is often referred to as Heishi (平氏) or Heike (平家), using the character's Chinese reading hei.
		The last of the head family of the Kammu Heishi line was eventually destroyed by the armies of Minamoto no Yoritomo at the Battle of Dan-no-ura, the last battle of the Gempei War.
		Taira was the name of a city in the Fukushima prefecture, before it was consolidated into the city of Iwaki.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Heike (304 words)

	Minamoto no Yoritomo
		Yoritomo was born a scion of one of the ancient houses.
		Minamoto no Yoritomo was born in 1147, the third son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo and Fujiwara no Saneori, in the capital of
		Then in February 1181 Taira no Kiyomori dies, and his son Taira no Munemori takes command, it is the beginning of the end for the Taira.
	www.samurai-archives.com /mny.html (1836 words)

	The Fitzwilliam Museum : Introduction
		Kiyomori (1118-1181) was son of a concubine of the Emperor Shirakawa Tenno.
		Kiyomori was finally tortured by a fever so hot that the water boiled when he bathed.
		Kiyomori is attended by his praying wife and son, with Enma, King of Hell, in the background.
	www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk /gallery/yoshitoshi/works/P.14-2003_SE.html (207 words)

	Taira no Kiyomori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1156, he and Minamoto no Yoshitomo, head of the Minamoto clan, suppressed the Hōgen Rebellion.
		This established the Taira and Minamoto samurai clans as the top warrior clans in Kyoto.
		In 1171, Kiyomori arranged a marriage between the Emperor Takakura and his daughter Tokuko.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taira_no_Kiyomori (762 words)

	NHK 2005 historical drama "Yoshitsune" episode summaries
		Taira no Shigemori, Kiyomori's eldest son, suggests Kiyomori that he should place Ushiwaka under some kind of constraint as Shigemori is alarmed to see how Ushiwaka is feeling close to his younger brothers.
		Kiyomori took a prestigious sword, "Higekiri no Tachi" which had been always inherited by the Genji successors, at the end of the battle of Heiji.
		Kiyomori is surprised to hear the news of Yorimasa's rebellion for he laid trust in Yorimasa.
	www.sonic.net /~tabine/Heike/Heike_Yoshitsune_taiga_summaries.html (3065 words)

	Medieval Culture
		The leader of the Heike (Taira no Kiyomori) married his daughter to the Emperor and when a son was born, Kiyomori had him declared heir to the throne.
		The Taira’s rise and fall became the subject of musical recitations performed by Buddhist monks and eventually these formed the source for the major work of the medieval period, The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari).
		With the defeat of the Heike (Taira) the capital of Japan was moved to the traditional base of the Genji (Minamoto) in Kamakura in 1185.
	mccoy.lib.siu.edu /~fl102/medieval.html (1106 words)

	Taira no Kiyomori (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Though he relinquished the position later in the year and relinquished the leadership of the clan, he remained the orchestrator of the government policy and successfully placed his family members and allies in most of the government posts and as magistrates of nearly half of the provinces of Japan.
		The next year, in 1179, Kiyomori staged a coup d'etat forcing the resignation of his rivals from all government posts and subsequently banishing them.
		He then filled the open government positions with his allies and relatives, and imprisoned the cloistered emperor Go-Shirakawa.
	taira-no-kiyomori.iqnaut.net (471 words)

	JAANUS / Shunkan　俊寛
		An administrator of Hosshouji 法勝寺, Shunkan was allied with the circle of retired Emperor Goshirakawa 後白河 (r.1155-58) who plotted against Taira no Kiyomori's 平清盛(1118-81) rule at the Shishigatani 鹿が谷 villa in 1177.
		Shunkan, along with co-conspirators Fujiwara no Naritsune 藤原成経 and Taira no Yasuyori 平康頼 was exiled to Kikaigashima 鬼界が島, south of Kyuushuu 九州.
		The long-haired Shunkan of "Horagatake no Shunkan," looks in a mirror held by the wife of the servant who has called him to help at the birth of Kogou's son.
	www.aisf.or.jp /~jaanus/deta/s/shunkan.htm (531 words)

	Kamakura
		Choosing a time in 1159 when Kiyomori was absent from Kyoto on a religious pilgrimage, Yoshitomo and Nobuyori made their move, attacking and burning the Sanjo Palace, residence of the retired emperor Goshirakawa, and transporting Goshirakawa to the emperor’s palace, where they placed him in confinement.
		But Kiyomori returned quickly to Kyoto and managed to smuggle Goshirakawa’s son, Emperor Nijo, out of the palace disguised as a lady-in-waiting and to escort him to the main Taira residence at Rokuhara in the southeastern part of the capital.
		Kiyomori’s most serious problem was that in ruling through the old institutions, his regime shared their weaknesses.
	brian.hoffert.faculty.noctrl.edu /HST263/08.Kamakura.html (1498 words)

	Notes for Tale of Heike, Chapter 1
		Kiyomori's affections (and the financial remunerations associated with them) for Gio are transferred to a "new girl in town" named Hotoke, an event that happens in part out of innocent sympathy for the girl on Gio's part.
		Kiyomori engages in an act of revenge against the wise advice of his son Shigemori.
		Taira no Shigemori, the eldest son of Kiyomori and eventual head of the clan
	www.sonic.net /~tabine/Heike/Heikechpt01.html (2751 words)

	The Ultimate Emperor Antoku of Japan Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
		His mother was Taira no Tokuko (平徳子), second daughter of Taira no Kiyomori (平清盛), later referred to as Empress Dowager Kenrei (建礼門院).
		In 1185 the Taira and the Minamoto clashed in the Battle of Dan-no-ura.
		The Taira were defeated, and his grandmother, Taira no Tokiko, the widow of Taira no Kiyomori, drowned herself along with Antoku.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Antoku (387 words)

	Taira no Kiyomori (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Taira no Kiyomori is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		In 1180, near the end of the Heian Period, Emperor Antoku, Taira no Kiyomori, and the Imperial court moved briefly to Fukuhara, in what is now the city o...
		September 23 - Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (died 1186) Marguerite of France, daughter of Louis VII of France (died 1197) Taira no Shigehira, son of Taira no Kiyomori (died 1185) 1158 - Deaths.
	www.experiencefestival.com.cob-web.org:8888 /taira_no_kiyomori (671 words)

	Lindsey Wilson College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the height of the clan's power, Kiyomori was essentially the ruler of the country (the official reigning emperor, Antoku, was Kiyomori's 1-year old grandson).
		Following a dramatic vision in which the Shrine's deity appeared to him, Kiyomori rebuilt the shrine into its present impressive form and is commemorated himself in a small shrine a short distance away from the main shrine.
		Yet, at times, Kiyomori is capable of swings toward kindness (as in Sanesada's case) or mercy, as when he spares the son of Prince Mochihito, who led a more serious rebellion against Kiyomori and his clan and when (much earlier) he spared Yoritomo's life when Yoritomo was a lad of 14.
	www.lindsey.edu /index.cgi?id=14158 (796 words)

	Kurama
		The leader of the Taira clan, Taira no Kiyomori, ordered that the young Ushiwaka-maru be sent to Kurama temple and educated as a monk so that he will not pose a threat to the Taira later.
		The details of Minamoto no Yoshitsune's life on Mt. Kurama will always remain a legend because the sources for that period are highly unreliable, his mastery of military strategy and his tactics, as well as his ability to lead large forces, are evident in reliable sources of the Genpei War.
		There is no evidence that this is indeed the place, but the small flat area near the hall is certainly one of the only flat surface areas near the temple, which would make it convenient for training.
	www.ninpo.org /scenery/kurama.htm (439 words)

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		At that time Yoritomo\'s grandfather inamoto_no_Tameyoshi" title="Minamoto no Tameyoshi">Minamoto no Tameyoshi, was the head of the Minamoto.
		From 1181 to 1184, a de facto truce with the Taira dominated court allowed Yoritomo the time to build an administration of his own, centered on his military headquarters in Kamakura.
		In the end he triumphed over his rival cousins, who sought to steal from him control of the clan, and over the Taira, who suffered a terrible defeat at the Battle of Dan-no-ura in 1185.
	merizo.guamus.com /topic/Minamoto_no_Yoritomo (1168 words)

	Kara Dalkey: Genpei (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		These characters represent the powerful Taira and Minomoto clans whose feud and attempts to gain power at the expense of each other and the imperial family form the background to the political situation.
		The novel traces the rise and fall of the Taira and the fall and rise of the Minomoto.
		Perhaps the most intriguing character is Taira no Kiyomori, who begins the novel with the best of intentions: serving the imperial family and advancing his own clan.
	www.sfsite.com /~silverag/genpei.html (439 words)

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		) (1180-1185) were a conflict between the Taira and Minamoto clans in late-Heian period Japan.
		The Minamoto were one of the four great clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian period (794-1185).
		The Taira clan was one of the four great clans which dominated Japanese politics during the Heian period (794-1185).
	merizo.guamus.com /details/Genpei_War (3185 words)

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