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3 unusual facts about Kiyohara clan


Kiyohara clan

Kiyohara no Masahira, Iehira and Narihira, heads of branches of the family, created such a disturbance that Minamoto no Yoshiie, who had taken the formerly Abe post of Defender of the North, felt it necessary to interfere in the conflict.

Sei Shōnagon - daughter of Motosuke, and one of the most famous women poets in all of Japanese history

They were there to put an end to a conflict between the Governor of Mutsu province (which bordered the Kiyohara's Dewa) and the Chinjufu shogun (Defender of the North), Abe no Yoritoki.



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