Taira no Kiyomori in his later years, in book illustration by Kikuchi YōsaiTaira no Kiyomori's signature (kaō).
In this Japanese name, the surname is Taira.
Taira no Kiyomori (平 清盛, 1118 – March 20, 1181) was a military leader and kugyō of the late Heian period of Japan. He established the first samurai-dominated administrative government in the history of Japan.
TairanoKiyomori (平 清盛, 1118 – March 20, 1181) was a military leader and kugyō of the late Heian period of Japan. He established the first samurai-dominated...
Tairano Shigemori (平重盛, 1138 – September 2, 1179) was the eldest regent of the Taira clan patriarch, TairanoKiyomori. He supported his father in the...
Tairano Tomomori (平 知盛) (1152–1185) was the son of TairanoKiyomori, and one of the Taira Clan's chief commanders in the Genpei War at the end of the...
Tairano Munemori (平 宗盛, 1147 – June 19, 1185) was heir to TairanoKiyomori, and one of the Taira clan's chief commanders in the Genpei War. As his father...
": 284 The actions of TairanoKiyomori having deepened Minamoto hatred for the Taira clan, a call for arms was sent up by Minamoto no Yorimasa and Prince...
Shigemori, and great-grandson of TairanoKiyomori. He and his brother, Tairano Takakiyo, were the only male members of the Taira clan to survive the Genpei...
Tairano Tokiko (平 時子, 1126–1185) was a Japanese aristocrat from the Heian period. She was the concubine of TairanoKiyomori, mother of Tairano Tokuko...
Tairano Tadamori (平 忠盛, 1096 – 1153) was the head of the Taira clan. He was son of Tairano Masamori, and father of TairanoKiyomori. Tadamori was also...
the Hōjō clan and kanrei (管領) of the Hosokawa clan. In addition, TairanoKiyomori and Toyotomi Hideyoshi were leaders of the warrior class who did not...
Tairano Shigehira (平 重衡) (1158–1185) was one of the sons of TairanoKiyomori, and one of the Taira Clan's chief commanders during the Heian period of...
were loyal to Sutoku (especially Minamoto no Tameyoshi). In late 1159, TairanoKiyomori, head of the Taira clan, left Kyōto with his family, on a personal...
month): The Taira and the Minamoto clashed in the Battle of Dan-no-ura. The Taira were defeated. Antoku's grandmother, Tairano Tokiko, Kiyomori's widow, drowned...
history. He was the only child of Tairano Shigemori, who was the eldest regent and heir of TairanoKiyomori. Tairano Koremori was born in 1158. In contrast...
the members of the Minamoto and Taira samurai clans were called into the conflict. Yoshitomo and TairanoKiyomori both threw their support behind Emperor...
Shirakawa-den, along with his father, against the forces of TairanoKiyomori and Minamoto no Yoshitomo, his brother. The palace was set aflame, and Tametomo...
dates to 1875. The present shrine has been popularly attributed to TairanoKiyomori, a prominent noble of the Imperial Court and later Chancellor (Daijō-daijin)...
Tairano Tadanori (平 忠度) (1144–1184) was a poet and military leader of the late Heian period of Japan. He was the brother of clan head Tairano Kiyomori...
Tairano Tsunemori (Japanese: 平經盛 たいら の つねもり) (1124–1185) was the 3rd son of Tairano Tadamori and a younger half-brother of TairanoKiyomori. He committed...
Empress Dowager Tairano Shigeko, the younger sister of Tairano Tokiko, the concubine of TairanoKiyomori. His empress consort was Tairano Tokuko (later...
hired the Taira and Minamoto clans in the hopes of securing the throne by military force. During this war, the Taira clan led by TairanoKiyomori defeated...
Taira no Kiyomori was causing suffering, Mochihito supported the Minamoto clan in their conflict against the Taira. At the same time, Minamoto no Yorimasa...
maneuvers of TairanoKiyomori. An incident in 1170, while Motofusa was on his way to the Hōjuji Palace, further cemented his rivalry with the Taira clan. The...
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