Taira clan

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Japanese clan samurai clan

The Taira clan was a powerful samurai family that dominated late Heian-period Japanese court politics and warfare, ultimately clashing with rival Minamoto forces in the Genpei War.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Taira clan canonical 15
Taira 2
Taira clan (claimed) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese clan ⓘ
samurai clan ⓘ
activePeriod Heian period ⓘ
surface form: late Heian period
alternativeName Heike ⓘ
Heishi ⓘ
capitalBase Kyoto ⓘ
conflict Genpei War ⓘ
Heiji Rebellion ⓘ
Hōgen Rebellion ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
culturalDepiction The Tale of the Heike ⓘ
defeat Battle of Dan-no-ura ⓘ
defeatedBy Minamoto clan ⓘ
descendedFrom Emperor Kanmu ⓘ
downfallYear 1185 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Japanese ⓘ
founder Taira no Takamochi ⓘ
foundingPeriod Heian period ⓘ
language Classical Japanese ⓘ
legacy symbol of the transience of power in Japanese literature ⓘ
militaryRole leading samurai force of late Heian period ⓘ
militaryStatus warrior aristocracy ⓘ
namedAfter Emperor Kanmu ⓘ
nativeName 平氏 ⓘ
notableBranch Hōjō clan ⓘ
Taira no Kiyomori line ⓘ
notableEvent establishment of first samurai-dominated government at court ⓘ
marriage alliance with imperial family ⓘ
rise to power under Taira no Kiyomori ⓘ
notableLeader Taira no Kiyomori ⓘ
notableMember Taira no Kiyomori ⓘ
Taira no Munemori ⓘ
Taira no Shigemori ⓘ
Taira no Tokuko ⓘ
Taira no Tomomori ⓘ
opposedBy Minamoto no Yoritomo ⓘ
origin imperial family cadet branch ⓘ
peakOfPower 12th century ⓘ
politicalPower dominated imperial court politics in late Heian period ⓘ
politicalStatus court nobility ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Buddhism ⓘ
Shinto ⓘ
rival Minamoto clan ⓘ
socialClass buke ⓘ
kuge ⓘ
supportedEmperor Emperor Go-Shirakawa ⓘ
symbol red banner ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hōgen Rebellion → belligerent → Taira clan ⓘ
Genpei War → hasParticipant → Taira clan ⓘ
Genpei War → hasMainBelligerent → Taira clan ⓘ
Taira no Kiyomori → familyName → Taira clan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taira
Taira no Kiyomori → clan → Taira clan ⓘ
Minamoto no Yoritomo → opponent → Taira clan ⓘ
Minamoto no Yoshitsune → opponent → Taira clan ⓘ
Maeda clan → ancestralLineage → Taira clan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taira clan (claimed)
Minamoto clan → mainRivalClan → Taira clan ⓘ
Tadahiko → familyName → Taira clan ⓘ
subject surface form: Tadahiko Taira
this entity surface form: Taira
Fujiwara clan → lostPowerTo → Taira clan ⓘ
Heiji Rebellion → hasParticipant → Taira clan ⓘ
Heiji Rebellion → conflictBetween → Taira clan ⓘ
siege of Shirakawa Palace → combatant → Taira clan ⓘ
Battle of Dan-no-ura → belligerent → Taira clan ⓘ
Fukuhara-kyō → associatedWithClan → Taira clan ⓘ
The Tale of the Heike → subject → Taira clan ⓘ
Battle of Uji (1180) → combatant → Taira clan ⓘ