Name Taira Shigehira Grandparents Taira no Tadamori Parents Taira no Kiyomori | Died 1185, Japan Role Taira no Kiyomori's son | |
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Similar People Taira no Kiyomori, Taira no Tomomori, Taira no Munemori, Taira no Shigemori, Taira no Tokuko | ||
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).
He married Fujiwara no Hoshi (藤原輔子), the second daughter of Dainagon Fujiwara Kunitsuna (藤原邦綱).
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.
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. 1181. He was killed by the monks in revenge.
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