Taira no Koremori (平 維盛) (1158 – 1184) was one of theTaira clan's commanders and military lord during theGenpei War of the lateHeian period ofJapanese history. He was the only child ofTaira no Shigemori, who was the eldest regent and heir ofTaira no Kiyomori.[1]
Taira no Koremori was born in 1158.[1] In contrast to his father, who was a warrior focused on battle, he grew up to be a young civil nobleman who enjoyed poetry and music.[citation needed]
During the Genpei War, Koremori lost theBattle of Fujikawa in 1180. He invadedEchizen Province three years later, takingHiuchiyama and several other of日本語Minamoto no Yoshinaka's strongholds. However, Yoshinaka was able to take back the strongholds and defeat Koremori during theBattle of Kurikara Pass.[2][3]
Koremori fled the Heike headquarters during theBattle of Yashima, and sought to reunite with his family left behind in the capital. However, along the way back he met the priest Takiguchi, formerly Saito Tokiyori, onMount Kōya and became a monk. The rumor later spread that he had boarded a boat at Hama-no-miya and set out to sea where he drowned.[4][5]
His sons,Taira no Takakiyo andTaira no Chikazane, became the last members of theTaira clan after most of their relatives were killed or committed suicide in theBattle of Dan-no-Ura in 1185.[citation needed]
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