Taira No Tsunemori

Taira no Tsunemori ( ja, 平經盛たいらのつねもり) (1124–1185) was the 3rd son of

Taira no Tadamori was the head of the Taira clan. He was son of Taira no Masamori, and father of Taira no Kiyomori. Tadamori was also governor of the provinces of Harima, Ise, Bizen, and Tajima. He consolidated the influence of the Taira clan at the Imperial Co ...

and a younger half-brother of

Taira no Kiyomori was a military leader and ''kugyō'' of the late Heian period of Japan. He established the first samurai-dominated administrative government in the history of Japan. Early life Kiyomori was born in Heian-kyō, Japan, in 1118 as the first so ...

. He committed suicide with his younger brother,

Taira no Norimori Taira no Norimori ( ja, 平教盛たいらののりもり; 1128–1185) was a commander during the Genpei War and was the 3rd son of Taira no Tadamori. During the Hogen Rebellion, he and his brother supported Emperor Go-Shirakawa. At the B ...

, at the Battle of Dan-no-ura, the last battle of the

Genpei War The was a national civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the late Heian period of Japan. It resulted in the downfall of the Taira and the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate under Minamoto no Yoritomo, who appointed himself ...

. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsunemori, Taira no 1124 births 1185 deaths People of Heian-period Japan Japanese military personnel who committed suicide Suicides by drowning in Japan Taira clan