Taira no Shigehira

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In this Japanese name, the family name 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 ordered the burning of Nara (see Siege of Nara).[1]

He married 藤原輔子.

Minamoto no Yukiie was defeated at the Battle of Sunomatagawa, after Shigehira was named commander-in-chief of the Taira forces and given 13,000 men.[2]

He was defeated and captured in 1184 at the Battle of Ichi-no-Tani. In 1185, he was then turned over to the monks of the Tōdai-ji monastery, which he had burned in Jan. 1881. He was killed by the monks in revenge.[2]:299,315

References

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  • Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co.

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