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  2. Taira clan - Wikipedia

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    The name "Genpei" comes from alternate readings of the kanji "Minamoto" (源 Gen) and "Taira" (平 Hei). The clan is commonly referred to as Heishi (平氏, "Taira clan") or Heike (平家, "House of Taira"), using the character's On'yomi hei (平) for Taira, while shi (氏) means "clan", and ke (家) is used as a suffix for "extended family". [3]

  3. Taira no Kiyomori - Wikipedia

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    Taira no Kiyomori is the main character in the Kamakura period epic, the Tale of Heike.. The Daiei Film production of Kenji Mizoguchi's 1955 film Shin Heike Monogatari (variously translated as Taira Clan Saga, Tales of the Taira Clan, and The Sacrilegious Hero) credits its story as "from the novel by Yoshikawa Eiji", which in turn is a 1950 retelling of the 14th-century epic The Tale of the Heike.

  4. Robert Taira - Wikipedia

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    Taira initially specialized in baking fine cakes, while exploring other baked goods in his spare time. Like many children in Hawaii, Taira had enjoyed Portuguese sweet bread while growing up, but knew it was derisively called "stone bread" because of its notorious tendency to turn hard as a rock within one day. This meant it had to be purchased ...

  5. The Tale of the Heike - Wikipedia

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    The Taira warrior family sowed the seeds of their own destruction with acts of arrogance and pride that led to their defeat in 1185 at the hands of the revitalized Minamoto, and the first establishment of samurai government (Kamakura shogunnate). [10] The story is episodic in nature and designed to be told in a series of nightly instalments.

  6. Taira no Masakado - Wikipedia

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    Taira no Masakado (平将門, died March 25, 940) was a Heian period provincial magnate and samurai based in eastern Japan, notable for leading the first recorded uprising against the central government in Kyōto. [1]

  7. List of The Tale of the Heike characters - Wikipedia

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    Taira no Tadamori, father of Taira no Kiyomori. Consolidated the influence of the Taira clan and helped them gain Imperial favor. Retired Emperor Takakura, son of Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa and father of Emperor Antoku. Took Kenreimon-In, a member of the Taira family, as his imperial consort. His mother was also a member of the Taira family.

  8. Taira no Shigemori - Wikipedia

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    Taira no Shigemori (平重盛, 1138 – September 2, 1179) was the eldest regent of the Taira clan patriarch, Taira no Kiyomori. He supported his father in the Heiji Rebellion. He died two years before his father. His son, Taira no Koremori, became a monk in 1184 during Genpei War period, and drowned himself.

  9. Taira no Sadamori - Wikipedia

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    Taira no Sadamori was the son of Taira no Kunika and grandson of Taira no Takamochi, the founder of the Kammu Heishi line. Sadamori was an ancestor of the Hōjō clan which wielded considerable political power several centuries later, during the Kamakura period; his fourth son, Taira no Korehira, was the progenitor of the Ise Taira branch family.