2 1153 japan warrior whose military and diplomatic skills made the taira clan the most powerful family in japan and laid the groundwork for his son kiyomori s assumption of virtual control over the country. From the 9th century ce in japan the process known as.
In the 1150s 1180s under taira no kiyomori they became the most powerful clan in the realm the taira were defeated by the minamoto however in the genpei war of 1180 1185 and all but destroyed.
Taira clan japan. Taira clan 平氏 hei shi was a major japanese clan of samurai extremely skilled in the art of jujitsu in historical japan. Taira family japanese samurai warrior clan of great power and influence in the 12th century. With narutoshi hayashi raizô ichikawa tatsuya ishiguro michiyo kogure.
Special forces commander captain tadamori returns to kyoto after successfully defeating the uprising of pirates in the western sea of japan. The clan famously defeated their arch rivals the taira in the genpei war of 1180 1185 ce and included such famous figures as minamoto no yoritomo japan s first shogun ruler. The taira clan was one of the four most prominent families of court aristocracy in the heian period along with the minamoto tachibana and fujiwara clans.
But because the high courtiers dislike career soldiers gaining power and influence they ignore the will of ex emperor toba and refuse to reward the. The minamoto clan was an extended family group which dominated japanese government and the imperial court in the 12th and 13th centuries ce. Directed by kenji mizoguchi.
After kiyomori s death the taira and minamoto clans fought a deciding war for supremacy the gempei war which lasted from 1180 to 1185. It resulted in the downfall of the taira and the establishment of the kamakura shogunate under minamoto no yoritomo in 1192. The genpei war 源平合戦 genpei kassen genpei gassen 1180 1185 was a national civil war between the taira and minamoto clans during the late heian period of japan.
The fujiwara clan actually predates both the minamoto and the taira stretching all the way back into the asuka period 592 710. From about 1156 to 1185 the. Taira tadamori born 1096 japan died dec.
By the end of the war the minamoto were able to put an end to taira supremacy and minamoto yoritomo succeeded as the leader of japan. In reference to japanese history along with minamoto taira was a hereditary clan name bestowed by the emperors of the heian period to certain ex members of the imperial family when they became subjects. The name genpei sometimes romanized as gempei comes from alternate readings of the kanji.
Opposed to the growing influence of buddhism in japan in the year 645 nakatomi no kamatari 614 669 initiated a coup d état that led to the accession of emperor kotoko who made kamatari an inner minister. The taira was one of the four most important samurai clans that dominated japanese politics during the heian period of japanese history the others were the fujiwara the tachibana in addition to the minamoto the taira clan is commonly referred to as heishi 平氏 taira clan or heike 平家 house of taira using the character s chinese reading for taira or hira hei 平 while shi.
The genealogy and history of the family have been traced in detail from 825 when the name taira was given to prince takamune grandson of kammu the 50th emperor of japan.
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