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During the Heian era two clans, the '''Minamoto''' (Genji) and the '''Taira''' (Heike), raised in power and importance. The end of the era is marked by the battle in Dan-No-Ura, where these two clans clashed together.  

During the Heian era two clans, the '''Minamoto''' (Genji) and the '''Taira''' (Heike), raised in power and importance. The end of the era is marked by the battle in Dan-No-Ura, where these two clans clashed together.  

We have here to remember another legend, still source of debates,  that said in this battle was lost the Ancestral Sword, '''Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi''' , part of the ‘Three Jewels’ the most important treasure still in possession of His Imperial Majesty.  

We have here to remember another legend, still source of debates,  that said in this battle was lost the Ancestral Sword, '''Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi''' , part of the ‘Three Jewels’ the most important treasure still in possession of His Imperial Majesty.  

This ancestral sword was found into the tail of a dragon by the Kami

This ancestral sword was found into the tail of a dragon by the kami

'''Susano-no-Mikoto''' , and was, together with the mirror and the claw-like jewel, the symbol of the Imperial Power. Accordingly to  this legend it was substituted with another sword, the same we can see in the Imperial Treasure today, other sources said the sword lost was a fake, and the original one still remain in the Imperial Treasure.  

'''[[Susano-o no Mikoto]]''' , and was, together with the mirror and the claw-like jewel, the symbol of the Imperial Power. Accordingly to  this legend it was substituted with another sword, the same we can see in the Imperial Treasure today, other sources said the sword lost was a fake, and the original one still remain in the Imperial Treasure.

 

===Kamakura Era (1184-1333)===

===Kamakura Era (1184-1333)===