Taira no Tomomori

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Chunagon Taira no Tomomori Junii
Native name	平 知盛
Born	1152
Died	1185
Allegiance	Taira clan
Engagements:	Battle of Uji (1180) Siege of Nara Battle of Sunomata-gawa Battle of Yahagi-gawa Battle of Mizushima Battle of Muroyama Taira Kiyomori (father) Taira no Tokiko (Mother) Taira no Tokuko (sister) Taira Munemori (brother) Taira Shigemori (brother) Taira no Shigehira (brother) Antoku (Nephew)

Taira no Tomomori (平 知盛) (1152–1185) was the son of

He was victorious at the

Tomomori was again victorious in the naval Battle of Mizushima two years later.

At the

Tomomori has become a popular subject for kabuki plays.

Gallery

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  The ghost of Taira no Tomomori at Daimotsu Bay, in an 1891 print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.
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  Statue of Tairano Tomomori
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  The great 12th-century general Taira no Tomomori ties himself to an anchor so that he may die by his own hand and not from enemy action as defeat nears in the famous sea battle at Dan-no-ura (1185)
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  The ghost of Taira Tomomori along with the anchor he drowned with, and heikegani with faces of fallen soldiers

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