Taira no Tomomori
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Taira no Tomomori was the son of Taira no Kiyomori, and one of the Taira clan's chief commanders in the Genpei War at the end of the Heian period of Japanese history.
The ghost of Taira no Tomomori at Daimotsu Bay, in an 1891 print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.
The great 12th-century general Taira no Tomomori ties himself to an anchor so that he may die by his own hand and not from enemy action as defeat nears in the famous sea battle at Dan-no-ura (1185)
Taira no Tokiko
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Taira no Tokiko was a Japanese aristocrat from the Heian period. She was the daughter of Taira no Tokinobu, concubine of Taira no Kiyomori, mother of Taira no Tokuko, and grandmother of Emperor Antoku
Nii no Ama rescuing her grandson, Emperor Antoku from a dragon, in a print by Yoshitsuya Ichieisai.
