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The story of the fall of the Taira is related in the eponymous romantic / fictionalized epic, ''[[The Tale of the Heike]]''.

The story of the fall of the Taira is related in the eponymous romantic / fictionalized epic, ''[[The Tale of the Heike]]''.

==Prominent Members of the Taira==

==Taira Lineage==

*[[Taira no Masamori]]

*[[Taira no Masamori]]

**[[Taira no Tadamori]] - son of Masamori

**[[Taira no Tadamori]] - son of Masamori

***[[Taira no Kiyomori]] - son of Tadamori, clan head, dominates Court politics for much of 1160s-1170s

***[[Taira no Kiyomori]] ([[1118]]-[[1181]]) - son of Tadamori, clan head, dominates Court politics for much of 1160s-1170s

***[[Taira no Tokitada]] - brother of [[Kenshunmon-in]], brother-in-law of Kiyomori

***[[Taira no Tokitada]] - brother of [[Kenshunmon-in]], brother-in-law of Kiyomori

****[[Kenreimon-in]] - daughter of Kiyomori, consort of [[Emperor Takakura]]

****[[Taira no Tokuko]], aka Kenreimon-in - daughter of Kiyomori, consort of [[Emperor Takakura]], mother of [[Emperor Antoku]]

****[[Taira no Shigemori]] - son of Kiyomori, Kiyomori's successor as clan head

****[[Taira no Shigemori]] (d. [[1179]]) - eldest son of Kiyomori

*****[[Taira no Koremori]] - eldest son of Shigemori, governor of [[Suo Province]]

*****[[Taira no Sukemori]] - son of Shigemori

*****[[Taira no Sukemori]] - son of Shigemori

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