Taira no Shigehira
Appearance
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Taira no Shigehira (
He married Fujiwara no Hoshi (
Shigehira defeated Minamoto no Yukiie at the Battle of Sunomatagawa in 1181.
He was captured in 1184 at the Battle of Ichi-no-Tani. He was then turned over to the monks of the Tōdai-ji monastery in 1185 and was killed as revenge.
References
[edit]- ^ Turnbull, Stephen (1977). The Samurai, A Military History. MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 46-50. ISBN 0026205408.
- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co.