X-Nico

unusual facts about Taira



Afonso Taira

Afonso Miguel Castro Vilhena Taira (born 17 June 1992 in Cascais, Lisbon) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Atlético Clube de Portugal on loan from Córdoba CF in Spain, as a defensive midfielder.

Emperor Kōkō

Nyōgo: Taira no Motoko/Tōshi (平等子), daughter of Taira no Yoshikaze (平好風)

History of Sino-Japanese relations

The use of Chinese model of Imperial government ceased by the tenth century, overtaken by traditional Japanese clan and family rivalries (Soga-Mononobe, Taira-Minamoto).

Kijūrō Shidehara

His brother Taira was the first president of Taipei Imperial University.

Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Yoshitsune defeated and killed his rival cousin Minamoto no Yoshinaka at the Battle of Awazu in Ōmi Province in the first month of 1184 and in the next month defeated the Taira at the Battle of Ichi-no-Tani in present day Kobe.

Shunkan

In 1177, he met with a number of others in secret in his mountain villa in Shishigatani (some sources, such as the Gukanshō, say the villa belonged to someone else), and plotted to overthrow Daijō Daijin Taira no Kiyomori who, along with other members of the Taira clan, dominated and controlled the Imperial government.

Taira no Kanemori

Taira no Kanemori ( ? –991, 平 兼盛) was a middle Heian period waka poet and Japanese nobleman.

Up An' Atom

While at Tinian, Marquadt and crew B-10 flew Up An' Atom on eight training and practice bombing missions and pumpkin bomb missions against industrial targets in Taira and Hamamatsu, Japan.

Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura

Meeting up with Yasuke, Yazaemon then reveals to the audience Yasuke's identity as the general Taira no Koremori, father of Rokudai and husband of Naishi, who he came across in Kumano and took into his home.


see also