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Taira no Noritsune (left) in the Battle of Dan no ura by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. Noritsune was a commander during the Genpei War. He fought in many battles including the battles of Mizushima and Dan-no-ura. [1] He also fought in the Battle of Ichi-no-Tani, and killed Satō Tsugunobu in the Battle of Yashima. [2] [3]
The kitsune's magic hampers the monk's schemes, and Kakuhan, the one monk who most strongly opposed the samurai lord, is revealed to be Taira no Noritsune, the third surviving Taira general, in disguise. Noritsune and Yoshitsune clash swords several times before Emperor Antoku appears from the next room. Noritsune, of course, bows low to his ...
Taira no Noritsune, Kiyomori's nephew and a commander of the Taira, shoots at Minamoto no Yoshitsune, but Tsuginobu, Yoshitsune's retainer, dies protecting him from arrows. In a famous passage, a Taira lady in a boat holds a fan as a challenge to the Minamoto warriors and Nasu no Yoichi, a skillful young Minamoto archer, hits the fan with his arrow
Invisible, he then uses his magics to defend Yoshitsune, and returns, visible in the form of Tadanobu, to help the real Tadanobu in achieving revenge upon Taira no Noritsune, who killed his brother Satō Tsuginobu at the battle of Yashima. Vanishing to escape Noritsune's blade, Genkurō is not seen again, and his fate is left unclear at the end ...
Taira no Koremori; Taira no Noritsune; Taira no Tomomori; Takebayashi Takashige; Toyotomi Hideyoshi; Y. Yamanaka Yukimori This page was last edited on 16 April 2021 ...
The Taira tied their ships together and placed planks across them to form a flat fighting surface. [ 2 ] The battle began with Taira archers loosing a rain of arrows upon the Minamoto boats; when the boats were close enough, daggers and swords were drawn, and the two sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
Taira no Shigehara, son of Taira no Kiyomori and younger brother of Taira no Shigemori. He is the only one of Taira no Kiyomori's sons to be captured alive. He takes Buddhist vows before being executed. Taira no Shigemori, son and heir of Taira no Kiyomori. He often took the role of the voice of reason with his advice to his father, and was not ...
Taira no Munemori (平宗盛), son and heir of Kiyomori; head of the clan for much of the war. Taira no Noritsune (平教経), a Taira samurai. Taira no Shigehira (平重衡), general, son of Kiyomori. Taira no Tadanori (平忠度), general, brother of Kiyomori. Taira no Tokiko (平時子), wife of Kiyomori who committed suicide at the battle ...