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*''Japanese'': [[白河]] 直朝 ''(Shirakawa Naotomo)'' Shirakawa Yûki Naotomo was the 7th head of the [[Shirakawa Yuki clan|Shirakawa Yûki family]]. A son of [[Komine Tomochika]], he became the adopted heir o

...an|Ishikawa]], and [[Iwase clan|Iwase]] clans against the [[Shirakawa clan|Shirakawa]] in [[1534]].

...on of [[Emperor Kazan]]. Appointed ''jingi haku'', he was granted the name Shirakawa, and the privilege of passing on that name to his descendants.

[[Image:Shirakawain.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Main gate to the former Shirakawa-in / Hosshô-ji complex.]] *''Established: [[1075]], [[Emperor Shirakawa]]''

*''Japanese'': [[白河]] 天皇 ''(Shirakawa tennou)'' ..., in which retired emperors wielded considerable power, and the [[Fujiwara clan]] less than they had previously. He is also known for the construction, in

*''Japanese'': 後白河天皇 ''(Go-Shirakawa tennou)'' Emperor Go-Shirakawa was an [[emperor]] of the late [[Heian period]], known for his involvement

...ht on both sides of the conflict, which ultimately ended in victory for Go-Shirakawa's side, and the exile of Sutoku to [[Sanuki province]] on Shikoku.

*[[Hosshoji|Hosshôji]] is founded by [[Emperor Shirakawa]]. *[[Minamoto Yoshikiyo]] of the [[Takeda clan (Kai)|Takeda clan]] of [[Kai province|Kai]] is born (d. [[1149]]).

...''daimyô'' of [[Shirakawa han]]. His wife was a daughter of the [[Shimazu clan]].

...Retired [[Emperor Sutoku]] and his younger brother, reigning [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]], for power. Along with the [[Heiji Disturbance]] of [[1159]] and [[Genpei ...o Yoshitomo]]. While members of the [[Minamoto clan|Minamoto]] and [[Taira clan]]s fought on both sides in this conflict, its resolution set up the conditi

...ended from the [[Kodama clan|Kodama family]]. They came to serve the [[Oda clan]] and during the time of [[Oda Nobunaga|Nobunaga]] rose to some prominence. ...[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' obligations, he was obliged to pass through Shirakawa, thus providing an opportunity for the Niwa to observe the size and strengt

...tions of ''[[sessho|sesshô]]'' and ''[[kanpaku]]''), in [[1087]] [[Emperor Shirakawa]] became the first Retired Emperor to claim significant political power. He Beginning with Shirakawa, Retired Emperors began to form their own "cloistered" Imperial Courts, or

...Heian period]] palace in [[Kyoto]], associated chiefly with the [[Fujiwara clan|Fujiwara]] [[Sessho|Regents]]. It covered an area roughly 40 ''[[Japanese m ...of [[1132]]. The residence, rebuilt, then passed to his son, [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]].

Emperor Nijô reigned from [[1158]]-[[1165]]. He was the son of [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]], and the father of [[Emperor Rokujo|Emperor Rokujô]]. [[Fujiwara no Tsun ...rs of the [[Fujiwara clan|Fujiwara]], [[Taira clan|Taira]], and [[Minamoto clan]]s fought on each side of the conflict, supporting different heirs for the

*[[Taira no Kiyomori]] seizes Kyoto and forces Retired [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]] into house arrest. *[[Shimazu Tadahisa]], founder of the [[Shimazu clan]], is born (d. [[1227]]).

...turbance was a conflict between the [[Minamoto clan|Minamoto]] and [[Taira clan]]s, led by [[Minamoto no Yoshitomo]] and [[Taira no Kiyomori]] respectively ...o Yoshitomo and Taira no Kiyomori had been allies, supporting [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]] against the forces of his brother Retired [[Emperor Sutoku]]. However, wh

...(courtier) of the [[Heian period]] who, after plotting against the [[Taira clan]], was exiled along with his father, [[Fujiwara no Narichika]], and a numbe ...rvice of the [[Cloistered rule|Retired Emperor]] [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa|Go-Shirakawa]], he regained his rank, and would later be promoted<ref>''The Tale of the

...The birth, incidentally, was a difficult one, and it is said that even Go-Shirakawa himself, a priest in addition to his duties as ex-emperor, was called upon ...ed from the water by Minamoto warriors. In the aftermath of the [[Minamoto clan|Minamoto]] victory she was permitted to retire to the Chôraku-ji and shave

...er, and the end of direct Imperial rule; his fall, or, rather, that of his clan, is the chief theme of the great epic ''[[The Tale of the Heike]]'' (''Heik ..."cloistered court" (''in-no-chô'') of Retired Emperors [[Emperor Shirakawa|Shirakawa]] and [[Emperor Toba|Toba]]. As a result, even from the young age of 12, Ki

...r-seeing, far-hearing, speed of movement, invisibility) and from the Otori clan into which he is eventually adopted by its dispossessed leader, Otori Shige ...'''Grass For His Pillow''' deals with the relationship between Takeo, and Shirakawa Kaede, the heir to the domain of Maruyama. In '''Brilliance of the Moon'''

...]], the supposed parents of [[Shimazu Tadahisa]], founder of the [[Shimazu clan]]. It contains the grave of Tango no tsubone within its grounds. ...e shrine enshrined the spirit of [[Prince Mochihito]], son of [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]], as part of a belief that Mochihito was Tadahisa's true father.

Prince Mochihito was the second son of Retired [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]]. A succession dispute between his claim to the throne and that of [[Emper ...moto clan]] warriors of the [[Kanto|Kantô]] to rise up against the [[Taira clan|Taira]], in support of his own claim to the throne.

* ''Distinction: [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]] retainer'' ...Futto han|Futto]]<!--古渡--> in [[Hitachi province]]. He was then moved to [[Shirakawa han]] in [[1627]].<ref>Yamamoto Hirofumi, ''Sankin kôtai'', Kodansha genda

...s, he offended and opposed the [[cloistered rule|cloistered]] [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]] and the [[Fujiwara family]] of court nobles and regents. ...ountry villa in Shishigatani, to conspire against Kiyomori and the [[Taira clan]] as a whole.

* 1185/11/11 [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]] issues orders to hunt Yoshitsune. * 1185/3/24 The Taira clan is utterly destroyed at the [[Battle of Dan-no-Ura]]. The [[Emperor Antoku]

...late [[Heian period]] who was the first to have strong ties to the [[Taira clan]]. A grandson of [[Taira no Tokinobu]], he was married to [[Taira no Tokuko The third son of [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]], Takakura was named Crown Prince in [[1166]], and took the throne in [[11

*Shirakawa han 白河藩 *Shirakawa Shinden han 白河新田藩

Minamoto no Tametomo was a warrior of the [[Minamoto clan]], exiled to [[Izu Oshima|Izu Ôshima]] in [[1165]], in the aftermath of th ...veral of his brothers and other close relatives who had opposed Emperor Go-Shirakawa. Tametomo, renowned for his skill with a bow, had the ligaments or tendons

...he 1150s-1180s, under [[Taira no Kiyomori]], they became the most powerful clan in the realm. The Taira were defeated by the Minamoto, however, in the [[Ge ...ion]] of [[1159]], as he led forces in the service of Retired [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]], alongside some Minamoto leaders, to victory against other Taira and Mina

...]] and [[1823]] respectively lifted the burdens on [[Aizu han|Aizu]] and [[Shirakawa han]] for the defense of [[Edo]] Bay, placing the core of those responsibil

[[Intercalary months|int.]]4/20, Aizu troops occupied [[Shirakawa castle]]. A [[Choshu|Chôshû]] samurai [[Sera Shuzo|Sera Shûzô]] who sta ...months|int.]]4/28, reinforcement of the imperial troops were arriving near Shirakawa. They started attacking the castle in the early morning of 5/1.

...[[Kanga|Hôin Kanga]], a priest of the [[Ninna-ji]]. He served [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]] as a close aide and was associated with the [[Hossho-ji|Hôsshô-ji]]. ...Daijin]]'' Taira no Kiyomori who, along with other members of the [[Taira clan]], dominated and controlled the Imperial government. The plot was discovere

...which the new Meiji government finished off the last of the Pro-[[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] loyalists. ...ing the castle, Imperial forces moved a number of treasures and [[Tokugawa clan]] ancestral tablets from the Momijiyama archives within the castle grounds

Munemori ascended to leadership of his clan following the death of Kiyomori in [[1181]], a year after the start of the ...Yoshinaka arrived fast on his heels and installed the former [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]] to the throne.

...he obtained an order from [[Prince Mochihito]] 以仁王, a son of [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]], ordering him to raise troops and chastise the Taira. He called the Minam ...he [[daimyo]].) Yoshitsune, who had sought refuge with the [[Oshu Fujiwara clan|Fujiwara]] of [[Mutsu province]] was killed by [[Fujiwara no Yasuhira]] in

...r a time in the 10th-11th centuries dominated by members of the [[Fujiwara clan]], who exerted considerable political influence as regents. However, the po ...or]] or ''Insei'' period, in which Retired Emperors vied with the Fujiwara clan for power, with the former quickly coming out on top.

...clan from which all [[shogun]] have claimed descent. Defeating the [[Taira clan]] in the [[Genpei War]] (1180-1185) and uniting Japan, the Minamoto establi ...nji]]. As with the Taira, by the mid-10th century, members of the Minamoto clan - including both those born into it and those brought into the fold - were

...country, both politically and socially. It saw the rise of the [[Fujiwara clan|Fujiwara]] regents, and later the [[Insei]] rule by retired emperors. Japan ...the new warrior elite, embodied by the [[Taira clan|Taira]] and [[Minamoto clan|Minamoto]] clans.

...un [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]]. He served for a time as lord of [[Shirakawa han|Shirakawa domain]] in [[Mutsu province]], beginning in [[1783]], and also studied for As part of his Kansei Reforms, Sadanobu brought the [[Hayashi clan]] school under shogunate control, rebuilt and expanded the compound, made i

...ain/royal clan, the [[Yamato clan]], dominating central Japan. It was this clan which later expanded its control to cover - eventually - the entire archipe The Yamato clan reinforced its claims to singular authority and legitimacy through the comp

...namoto no Yoritomo|Yoritomo]] that culminated in the demise of the [[Taira clan]]. ...retired emperor [[Go-Shirakawa]], issued a statement urging the [[Minamoto clan|Minamoto]] to rise against the Taira. While Mochihito would be killed in Ju

The Fujiwara clan, one of the classical ''[[uji]]'' (clans), first formed in the 7th century. ...assassination of the [[Soga clan|Soga]] chieftain in 645. The [[Nakatomi clan|Nakatomi family]] were a provincial family, possibly descended from the [[E

*''Combatants: [[Minamoto clan]] (and allies) vs. [[Taira clan]] (and allies)'' *''Outcome: Minamoto victory; Taira clan largely wiped out''

...f operations. By [[1550]], two of these branches were allied to the [[Mori clan (Aki)|Môri]]. They provided the bulk of the Môri's naval power and thus w ...ecord that warriors by the name Murakami fought under the [[Kono clan|Kôno clan]] of [[Iyo province]] in the rebellion of [[Fujiwara Sumitomo]].