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Taira no Shigehira

Taira no Shigehira

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In this Japanese name, the surname is Taira.

Taira no Shigehira (平 重衡) (1158–1185) was one of the sons of Taira no Kiyomori, and one of the Taira Clan's chief commanders during the Heian period of the 12th century of Japan. Following the Battle of Uji in 1180, Shigehira fought in the Siege of Nara, where he burned the monks of the Tōdai-ji monastery.[1]

Taira no Shigehira

He married Fujiwara no Hoshi (藤原輔子), the second daughter of Dainagon Fujiwara Kunitsuna (藤原邦綱).

Shigehira defeated Minamoto no Yukiie at the Battle of Sunomatagawa in 1181.

He was captured in 1184 at the Battle of Ichi-no-Tani. He was then turned over to the monks of the Tōdai-ji monastery in 1185, and was killed as revenge.

References

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    Turnbull, Stephen (1977). The Samurai, A Military History. MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 46-50. ISBN 0026205408.
  • Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co.
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