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*''Japanese'': [[平]] 経正 ''(Taira no Tsunemasa)''
Taira no Tsunemasa was a nephew of [[Taira no Kiyomori]] and [[Taira clan]] warrior who fought in the [[Genpei War]] ([[1180]]-[[1185]]). He is represented in the ''[[Tale of the Heike]]'' as particularly talented in playing the ''[[biwa]]''.
In one episode in the ''Tale of the Heike'', while traveling east from [[Kyoto]] to join up with [[Taira clan]] forces battling the [[Minamoto clan]], Tsunemasa made a pilgrimage to [[Tsukubusuma Shrine]] on [[Chikubushima]] Island in [[Lake Biwa]]. There, he played the ''biwa'' in order to present his music as an offering to the deity of the shrine. According to the ''Tale'', the deity [[Benzaiten]], impressed and appreciative, then appeared to him in the form of a white dragon.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, Metropolitan Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15162608326/sizes/h/]
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
Taira no Tsunemasa was a nephew of [[Taira no Kiyomori]] and [[Taira clan]] warrior who fought in the [[Genpei War]] ([[1180]]-[[1185]]). He is represented in the ''[[Tale of the Heike]]'' as particularly talented in playing the ''[[biwa]]''.
In one episode in the ''Tale of the Heike'', while traveling east from [[Kyoto]] to join up with [[Taira clan]] forces battling the [[Minamoto clan]], Tsunemasa made a pilgrimage to [[Tsukubusuma Shrine]] on [[Chikubushima]] Island in [[Lake Biwa]]. There, he played the ''biwa'' in order to present his music as an offering to the deity of the shrine. According to the ''Tale'', the deity [[Benzaiten]], impressed and appreciative, then appeared to him in the form of a white dragon.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, Metropolitan Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15162608326/sizes/h/]
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]