https://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Taira_no_Tokuko&feed=atom&action=historyTaira no Tokuko - Revision history2024-03-28T11:45:16ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.2https://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Taira_no_Tokuko&diff=34911&oldid=prevLordAmeth at 00:28, 20 September 20162016-09-20T00:28:39Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* ''Distinction: Daughter of [[Taira no Kiyomori]], wife of [[Emperor Takakura]], mother of [[Emperor Antoku]]''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* ''Distinction: Daughter of [[Taira no Kiyomori]], wife of [[Emperor Takakura]], mother of [[Emperor Antoku]]''</div></td></tr>
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</table>LordAmethhttps://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Taira_no_Tokuko&diff=34910&oldid=prevLordAmeth: typo2016-09-20T00:28:21Z<p>typo</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The fate of the [[Taira clan]] has often been considered tragic, and with good reason. The sad tale of Tokuko provides a prologue to this story. She was born the daughter of [[Taira no Kiyomori]] ([[1118]]-[[1181]]), an ambitious and talented man who managed to lift the Taira (or Heike) to a place of great power in the second half of the 12th century. To seal his place in politics, he endeavored to marry into the Imperial family, with young Tokuko the instrument of his designs. To make any such matchmaking feasible, he first arranged for Tokuko to be adopted by Retired [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]]. Once this he was done, he saw to it that Tokuko was married to [[Emperor Takakura]], who was then a child. Some years later, Kiyomori was delighted to learn that the young couple had given birth to a boy - a child destined to be Kiyomori's grandson and the Emperor of Japan. 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 to provide spiritual help. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The fate of the [[Taira clan]] has often been considered tragic, and with good reason. The sad tale of Tokuko provides a prologue to this story. She was born the daughter of [[Taira no Kiyomori]] ([[1118]]-[[1181]]), an ambitious and talented man who managed to lift the Taira (or Heike) to a place of great power in the second half of the 12th century. To seal his place in politics, he endeavored to marry into the Imperial family, with young Tokuko the instrument of his designs. To make any such matchmaking feasible, he first arranged for Tokuko to be adopted by Retired [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]]. Once this he was done, he saw to it that Tokuko was married to [[Emperor Takakura]], who was then a child. Some years later, Kiyomori was delighted to learn that the young couple had given birth to a boy - a child destined to be Kiyomori's grandson and the Emperor of Japan. 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 to provide spiritual help. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Only two years later <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Takaura </del>was pressured to retire, and the child, named [[Emperor Antoku|Antoku]], was named titular emperor. Tokuko enjoyed a lavish life as the Taira reached the height of their power. Unfortunately, the situation was to change rapidly. The [[Genpei War]] began and in 1181 both Takakura and Kiyomori died, the latter's passing leaving his faction without strong leadership. In [[1183]] the forces of [[Minamoto no Yoshinaka]] forced the Taira - including Tokuko and Antoku - to flee for the western provinces. In [[1185]] the Taira were cornered and forced to fight to the death at [[Battle of Dan-no-ura|Dan no ura]]. In the course of the battle, Kiyomori's widow took Antoku and plunged into the ocean with him. Tokoku (known by this point as Kenrei-mon-in) attempted to follow suit, but was fished 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 her head as a nun, forgotten in the political upheaval. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Only two years later <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Takakura </ins>was pressured to retire, and the child, named [[Emperor Antoku|Antoku]], was named titular emperor. Tokuko enjoyed a lavish life as the Taira reached the height of their power. Unfortunately, the situation was to change rapidly. The [[Genpei War]] began and in 1181 both Takakura and Kiyomori died, the latter's passing leaving his faction without strong leadership. In [[1183]] the forces of [[Minamoto no Yoshinaka]] forced the Taira - including Tokuko and Antoku - to flee for the western provinces. In [[1185]] the Taira were cornered and forced to fight to the death at [[Battle of Dan-no-ura|Dan no ura]]. In the course of the battle, Kiyomori's widow took Antoku and plunged into the ocean with him. Tokoku (known by this point as Kenrei-mon-in) attempted to follow suit, but was fished 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 her head as a nun, forgotten in the political upheaval. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>That same year, fate dealt her another blow - an earthquake tumbled her small hut and left her homeless. She ended up going to the Jakkô-in in Ôhara, a nunnery in which she was to spend the remaining thirty or so years of her life. The Jakkô-in was a particularly lonely place in those times, and Tokuko filled her days with prayers for the spirits of the fallen Taira clan, her late husband, and son. After about a year, she received an unexpected visitor: Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa, who had come to wonder what had become of his adopted daughter. They talked for an afternoon, with Tokuko giving a moving recount of the years leading up to the fall of her clan and in the end both parted in tears, with Tokuko watching Go-Shirakawa's procession until she could see it no more. Tokuko was to die of illness in [[1213]], her passing providing, perhaps fittingly, the closing words of the ''[[Heike Monogatari]]'', which records in its closing section, "After her chanting voice had gradually weakened, a purple cloud trailed in the west, a marvelous fragrance permeated the chamber, and the sound of music was heard in the heavens. Man's time on earth is finite, and thus the lady's life drew to a close at last, midway through the Second Month in the second year of Kenkyû." These last episodes of her life comprise the ''Kanjô no maki'', an additional section tacked on after the 12th and final chapter of the [[1419]] [[Kakuichi]]bon version of the ''Tale of the Heike'', though these episodes have come to be incorporated into the standard form as the standard ending.<ref name=oyler>Elizabeth Oyler, “Time and History in The Tale of the Heike: Narrating the Genpei War (1180-1185).” Talk given at UC Santa Barbara, 26 Oct 2015.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>That same year, fate dealt her another blow - an earthquake tumbled her small hut and left her homeless. She ended up going to the Jakkô-in in Ôhara, a nunnery in which she was to spend the remaining thirty or so years of her life. The Jakkô-in was a particularly lonely place in those times, and Tokuko filled her days with prayers for the spirits of the fallen Taira clan, her late husband, and son. After about a year, she received an unexpected visitor: Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa, who had come to wonder what had become of his adopted daughter. They talked for an afternoon, with Tokuko giving a moving recount of the years leading up to the fall of her clan and in the end both parted in tears, with Tokuko watching Go-Shirakawa's procession until she could see it no more. Tokuko was to die of illness in [[1213]], her passing providing, perhaps fittingly, the closing words of the ''[[Heike Monogatari]]'', which records in its closing section, "After her chanting voice had gradually weakened, a purple cloud trailed in the west, a marvelous fragrance permeated the chamber, and the sound of music was heard in the heavens. Man's time on earth is finite, and thus the lady's life drew to a close at last, midway through the Second Month in the second year of Kenkyû." These last episodes of her life comprise the ''Kanjô no maki'', an additional section tacked on after the 12th and final chapter of the [[1419]] [[Kakuichi]]bon version of the ''Tale of the Heike'', though these episodes have come to be incorporated into the standard form as the standard ending.<ref name=oyler>Elizabeth Oyler, “Time and History in The Tale of the Heike: Narrating the Genpei War (1180-1185).” Talk given at UC Santa Barbara, 26 Oct 2015.</ref></div></td></tr>
</table>LordAmethhttps://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Taira_no_Tokuko&diff=32673&oldid=prevLordAmeth at 17:19, 27 October 20152015-10-27T17:19:58Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* ''Distinction: <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Wife </del>of Emperor Takakura''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* ''Distinction: <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Daughter </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Taira no Kiyomori]], wife of [[</ins>Emperor Takakura<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]], mother of [[Emperor Antoku]]''</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The fate of the [[Taira clan]] has often been considered tragic, and with good reason. The sad tale of Tokuko provides a prologue to this story. She was born the daughter of [[Taira no Kiyomori]] ([[1118]]-[[1181]]), an ambitious and talented man who managed to lift the Taira (or Heike) to a place of great power in the second half of the 12th century. To seal his place in politics, he endeavored to marry into the Imperial family, with young Tokuko the instrument of his designs. To make any such matchmaking feasible, he first arranged for Tokuko to be adopted by Retired [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]]. Once this he was done, he saw to it that Tokuko was married to [[Emperor Takakura]], who was then a child. Some years later, Kiyomori was delighted to learn that the young couple had given birth to a boy - a child destined to be Kiyomori's grandson and the Emperor of Japan. 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 to provide spiritual help. </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The fate of </del>the [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Heike clan</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">has often been considered tragic</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and with good reason</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The sad tale of </del>Tokuko <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">provides </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">prologue </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">this story</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">She was born </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">daughter of </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Taira Kiyomori</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(</del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1118</del>]]-[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1181</del>]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">), an ambitious </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">talented man who managed </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lift </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Taira (or Heike) to a place </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">great power in </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">second half </del>of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">12th Century. To seal his place in politics</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">he endeavored to marry </del>into the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Imperial family, </del>with <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">young Tokuko the instrument of his designs</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">To make any such matchmaking feasible</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">he first arranged for Tokuko to be adopted </del>by <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Retired Emperor </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Go-Shirakawa</del>]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Once this he </del>was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">done, he saw </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it that Tokuko was married </del>to the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">then child</del>-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">emperor Takakura. Some years later, Kiyomori was delighted to learn that the young couple had given birth to a boy - a child destined to be Kiyomori's grandson </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the Emperor of Japan. The birth, incidentally, was </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">difficult one, and it is said that even Go-Shirakawa himself</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a priest </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">addition to his duties as ex-emperor, was called upon to provide spiritual help</del>. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Only two years later Takaura was pressured to retire, and </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">child, named </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Emperor Antoku|Antoku</ins>]], <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was named titular emperor</ins>. Tokuko <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">enjoyed </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lavish life as the Taira reached the height of their power. Unfortunately, the situation was </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">change rapidly</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The [[Genpei War]] began and in 1181 both Takakura and Kiyomori died, </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">latter's passing leaving his faction without strong leadership. In </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1183</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the forces of </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Minamoto no Yoshinaka</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">forced the Taira - including Tokuko and Antoku </ins>- <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to flee for the western provinces. In </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1185</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the Taira were cornered </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">forced to fight </ins>to the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">death at [[Battle </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Dan-no-ura|Dan no ura]]. In </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">course </ins>of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">battle</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Kiyomori's widow took Antoku and plunged </ins>into the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ocean </ins>with <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">him</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Tokoku (known by this point as Kenrei-mon-in) attempted to follow suit</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but was fished from the water </ins>by <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Minamoto warriors. In the aftermath of the </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Minamoto clan|Minamoto</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">victory she </ins>was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">permitted </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">retire </ins>to the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Chôraku</ins>-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ji </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">shave her head as </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">nun</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">forgotten </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the political upheaval</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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</table>LordAmethhttps://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Taira_no_Tokuko&diff=15500&oldid=prevShogun: Tokuko moved to Taira no Tokuko2007-11-18T18:25:39Z<p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tokuko&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tokuko (page does not exist)">Tokuko</a> moved to <a href="/wiki/Taira_no_Tokuko" title="Taira no Tokuko">Taira no Tokuko</a></p>
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</table>Shogunhttps://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Taira_no_Tokuko&diff=11564&oldid=prevShogun: added cats2007-04-16T02:22:50Z<p>added cats</p>
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</table>Shogunhttps://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Taira_no_Tokuko&diff=11389&oldid=prevShogun: added ref2007-04-09T01:12:25Z<p>added ref</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>That same year, fate dealt her another blow - an earthquake tumbled her small hut and left her homeless. She ended up going to the Jakko-in, a nunnery in which she was to spend the remaining thirty or so years of her life. The Jakko-in was a particularly lonely place in those times, and Tokuko filled her days with prayers for the spirits of the fallen [[Taira clan]], her late husband, and son. After about a year, she received an unexpected visitor: Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa, who had come to wonder what had become of his adopted daughter. They talked for an afternoon, with Tokuko giving a moving recount of the years leading up to the fall of her clan and in the end both parted in tears, with Tokuko watching Go-Shirakawa's procession until she could see it no more. Tokuko was to die of illness in [[1213]], her passing providing, perhaps fittingly, the closing words of the [[Heike Monogatari]], which records in its closing section, "After her chanting voice had gradually weakened, a purple cloud trailed in the west, a marvelous fragrance permeated the chamber, and the sound of music was heard in the heavens. Man's time on earth is finite, and thus the lady's life drew to a close at last, midway through the Second Month in the second year of Kenkyû."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>That same year, fate dealt her another blow - an earthquake tumbled her small hut and left her homeless. She ended up going to the Jakko-in, a nunnery in which she was to spend the remaining thirty or so years of her life. The Jakko-in was a particularly lonely place in those times, and Tokuko filled her days with prayers for the spirits of the fallen [[Taira clan]], her late husband, and son. After about a year, she received an unexpected visitor: Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa, who had come to wonder what had become of his adopted daughter. They talked for an afternoon, with Tokuko giving a moving recount of the years leading up to the fall of her clan and in the end both parted in tears, with Tokuko watching Go-Shirakawa's procession until she could see it no more. Tokuko was to die of illness in [[1213]], her passing providing, perhaps fittingly, the closing words of the [[Heike Monogatari]], which records in its closing section, "After her chanting voice had gradually weakened, a purple cloud trailed in the west, a marvelous fragrance permeated the chamber, and the sound of music was heard in the heavens. Man's time on earth is finite, and thus the lady's life drew to a close at last, midway through the Second Month in the second year of Kenkyû."</div></td></tr>
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</table>Shogunhttps://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Taira_no_Tokuko&diff=6580&oldid=prevShogun: added title and category2006-11-10T09:10:54Z<p>added title and category</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The fate of the [[Heike clan]] has often been considered tragic, and with good reason. The sad tale of Tokuko provides a prologue to this story. She was born the daughter of [[Taira Kiyomori]] ([[1118]]-[[1181]]), an ambitious and talented man who managed to lift the Taira (or Heike) to a place of great power in the second half of the 12th Century. To seal his place in politics, he endeavored to marry into the Imperial family, with young Tokuko the instrument of his designs. To make any such matchmaking feasible, he first arranged for Tokuko to be adopted by Retired Emperor [[Go-Shirakawa]]. Once this he was done, he saw to it that Tokuko was married to the then child-emperor Takakura. Some years later, Kiyomori was delighted to learn that the young couple had given birth to a boy - a child destined to be Kiyomori's grandson and the Emperor of Japan. 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 to provide spiritual help. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The fate of the [[Heike clan]] has often been considered tragic, and with good reason. The sad tale of Tokuko provides a prologue to this story. She was born the daughter of [[Taira Kiyomori]] ([[1118]]-[[1181]]), an ambitious and talented man who managed to lift the Taira (or Heike) to a place of great power in the second half of the 12th Century. To seal his place in politics, he endeavored to marry into the Imperial family, with young Tokuko the instrument of his designs. To make any such matchmaking feasible, he first arranged for Tokuko to be adopted by Retired Emperor [[Go-Shirakawa]]. Once this he was done, he saw to it that Tokuko was married to the then child-emperor Takakura. Some years later, Kiyomori was delighted to learn that the young couple had given birth to a boy - a child destined to be Kiyomori's grandson and the Emperor of Japan. 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 to provide spiritual help. </div></td></tr>
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</table>Shogunhttps://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Taira_no_Tokuko&diff=2705&oldid=prevMsr.iaidoka at 10:44, 16 September 20062006-09-16T10:44:06Z<p></p>
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The fate of the [[Heike clan]] has often been considered tragic, and with good reason. The sad tale of Tokuko provides a prologue to this story. She was born the daughter of [[Taira Kiyomori]] ([[1118]]-[[1181]]), an ambitious and talented man who managed to lift the Taira (or Heike) to a place of great power in the second half of the 12th Century. To seal his place in politics, he endeavored to marry into the Imperial family, with young Tokuko the instrument of his designs. To make any such matchmaking feasible, he first arranged for Tokuko to be adopted by Retired Emperor [[Go-Shirakawa]]. Once this he was done, he saw to it that Tokuko was married to the then child-emperor Takakura. Some years later, Kiyomori was delighted to learn that the young couple had given birth to a boy - a child destined to be Kiyomori's grandson and the Emperor of Japan. 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 to provide spiritual help. <br />
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Only two years later Takaura was pressured to retire, and the child, named Antoku, was named titular emperor. Tokuko enjoyed a lavish life as the Taira reached the height of their power. Unfortunately, the situation was to change rapidly. The [[Gempei War]] began and in 1181 both Takakura and Kiyomori died, the latter's passing leaving his faction without strong leadership. In [[1183]] the forces of [[Minamoto Yoshinaka]] forced the Taira - including Tokuko and Antoku - to flee for the western provinces. In [[1185]] the Taira were cornered and forced to fight to the death at [[Battle of Dan-no-ura|Dan no ura]]. In the course of the battle, Kiyomori's widow took Antoku and plunged into the ocean with him. Tokoku (known by this point as Kenrei-mon-in) attempted to follow suit, but was fished from the water by Minamoto warriors. In the aftermath of the [[Minamoto clan|Minamoto]] victory she was permitted to retire to the Chorakuji and shave her head as a nun, forgotten in the political upheaval. <br />
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That same year, fate dealt her another blow - an earthquake tumbled her small hut and left her homeless. She ended up going to the Jakko-in, a nunnery in which she was to spend the remaining thirty or so years of her life. The Jakko-in was a particularly lonely place in those times, and Tokuko filled her days with prayers for the spirits of the fallen [[Taira clan]], her late husband, and son. After about a year, she received an unexpected visitor: Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa, who had come to wonder what had become of his adopted daughter. They talked for an afternoon, with Tokuko giving a moving recount of the years leading up to the fall of her clan and in the end both parted in tears, with Tokuko watching Go-Shirakawa's procession until she could see it no more. Tokuko was to die of illness in [[1213]], her passing providing, perhaps fittingly, the closing words of the [[Heike Monogatari]], which records in its closing section, "After her chanting voice had gradually weakened, a purple cloud trailed in the west, a marvelous fragrance permeated the chamber, and the sound of music was heard in the heavens. Man's time on earth is finite, and thus the lady's life drew to a close at last, midway through the Second Month in the second year of Kenkyû."<br />
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