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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 strong warrior, fails to have a fight with Minamoto no Yoshitsune and dies fighting bravely. Taira clan head Taira no Munemori, Taira no Tokuko, Kiyomori's daughter, are captured alive. After the battle, Yoshitsune returns to capital with the Imperial Treasures (the sacred sword has been lost) and ...
The Battle of Dan-no-ura (壇ノ浦の戦い, Dan-no-ura no tatakai) was a major sea battle of the Genpei War, occurring at Dan-no-ura, in the Shimonoseki Strait off the southern tip of Honshū. On April 25, 1185 (or March 24, 1185 by the official page of Shimonoseki City), the fleet of the Minamoto clan (Genji), led by general Minamoto no ...
Pages in category "Taira clan" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. ... Taira no Noritsune; Taira no Shigehira; Taira no Shigemori; Taira no ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...