{"slug": "taira-clan", "label": "Taira clan", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taira_clan", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1079102", "qid": "Q1079102", "description": "noble family", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [794, 1185], "span_label": ["794 CE", "1185 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Taira"], "related": [{"slug": "kyoto", "label": "Kyoto", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "fujiwara-clan", "label": "Fujiwara clan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "taira-no-kiyomori", "label": "Taira no Kiyomori", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "honshu", "label": "Honshu", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "japanese-calendar", "label": "Japanese calendar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "shikoku", "label": "Shikoku", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 794, "year_label": "794 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Kyoto becomes the Japanese capital, ending the Nara period, and beginning the Heian period; a Golden Age of Japanese culture begins that will endure under the domination of the Fujiwara, Minamoto, Tachibana and Taira families, until 1185.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848638#Asia", "title": "794", "revid": 1340848638, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1108, "year_label": "1108 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Taira and Minamoto clans join forces to rule Japan, after defeating the warrior monks of the Enryaku-ji temple near Kyoto. The Taira replace many Fujiwara nobles in important offices – while the Minamoto gain more military experience by bringing parts of Northern Honshu under Japanese control (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362166699#Asia", "title": "1108", "revid": 1362166699, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1153, "year_label": "1153 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 10", "text": "February 10 – Taira no Tadamori dies after a career in which he has used his military and diplomatic skills to subdue the pirates menacing commerce in the Seto Inland Sea. He expands trade with China and becomes the first samurai to serve Emperor Konoe as personal bodyguard. He is succeeded by his son Taira no Kiyomori, who assumes control of the Taira Clan. He establishes the first samurai-dominated government in Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369184506#Asia", "title": "1153", "revid": 1369184506, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1180, "year_label": "1180 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Genpei War: Prince Mochihito launches a rebellion against the ruling Taira clan. In support of the uprising, Minamoto no Yorimasa issues a call to arms, appealing to several Buddhist monasteries—such as Enryaku-ji, Mii-dera, and others—that have been alienated by Kiyomori.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368649234#Asia", "title": "1180", "revid": 1368649234, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1183, "year_label": "1183 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 14", "text": "August 14 – Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures, and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan (traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360552635#Japan", "title": "1183", "revid": 1360552635, "section": "Events › By area › Asia › Japan"}}, {"year": 1183, "year_label": "1183 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 17", "text": "November 17 – Battle of Mizushima: The Taira Clan defeats the Minamoto Clan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360552635#Japan", "title": "1183", "revid": 1360552635, "section": "Events › By area › Asia › Japan"}}, {"year": 1184, "year_label": "1184 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 20", "text": "March 20 – Battle of Ichi-no-Tani: Japanese forces under Minamoto no Noriyori defeat the Taira clan at Ikuta Shrine in the woods of Settsu Province during the Genpei War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362173180#Asia", "title": "1184", "revid": 1362173180, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1185, "year_label": "1185 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 22", "text": "March 22 – Battle of Yashima: Japanese forces (with some 140 ships, 1,000 cavalry and 30,000 horses) under Minamoto no Yoshitsune defeat the Taira clan just off Shikoku in the Seto Inland Sea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362484284#Asia", "title": "1185", "revid": 1362484284, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}]}