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Taira no Tadamori
(
平 忠盛
, 1096 ? 1153)
was the head of the
Taira clan
. He was son of Taira no Masamori, and father of
Taira no Kiyomori
. Tadamori was also
governor
of the provinces of
Harima
,
Ise
,
Bizen
, and
Tajima
.
He consolidated the influence of the Taira clan at the Imperial Court, and is said to have been the first samurai to serve the Emperor directly, at Court.
As a servant of the Court, Tadamori waged campaigns, beginning in 1129,
[1]
against
pirates
on the coasts of
San'y?d?
and
Nankaid?
. He also served his own clan in battling the
warrior monks
of
Nara
and of
Mount Hiei
.
Tadamori is also credited with the construction of the Renge?-in, a major and now-famous temple in
Kyoto
, which includes the longest wooden building in the world, the
Sanj?sangen-d?
. Tadamori was granted the governorship of Tajima province as a reward for completing this project.
Family
[
edit
]
- Father: Taira no Masamori
- Wife: Gion no Nyogo (?-1147)
- Sons:
References
[
edit
]
- ^
Sansom, George (1958).
A history of Japan to 1334
. Stanford University Press. p. 255,260?263.
ISBN
0804705232
.
- Frederic, Louis (2002).
Japan Encyclopedia
. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
- Papinot, Edmond (1910).
Historical and geographical dictionary of Japan
. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha.