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How Did a Provincial Warrior House Dominate the Heian Imperial Court? - The Historical Reality of the Taira Fall from Imperial Power | Sleepy Facts About History
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The popular image of samurai power often involves warriors overwhelming civilian government through force, replacing the refined world of court poetry with military rule. But the rise of the Taira clan in twelfth-century Japan followed a different path. This episode examines how a provincial warrior house, led by Taira no Kiyomori, entered the Heian imperial court, mastered its complex systems of patronage and marriage, and eventually placed a Taira grandson on the Chrysanthemum Throne…
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