Tadamasa Taira

Japanese: 平忠正 - たいらのただまさ

Year of death: July 28, 1156 (August 15, 1156)
Year of birth: Unknown. Late Heian period warrior. Also written as Tadamasa. Son of Masamori. Younger brother of Tadamori. Uncle of Kiyomori. House steward of Imperial Prince Akihito (Emperor Sutoku). Served Fujiwara no Yorinaga and became a priest at Koyoin. In 1156, during the Hogen Rebellion, he fought alongside Minamoto no Tameyoshi and others against Minamoto no Yoshitomo and Taira no Kiyomori on the side of Emperor Sutoku and Yorinaga, but was defeated and captured. On July 28, he was executed by beheading at Rokuhara by his nephew Kiyomori along with his sons Nagamori, Tadatsuna, and Masatsuna. According to the "Hogen Monogatari," Tadamasa initially fled to Ise, but believed a story spread by Shinzei that there was no death penalty, became a monk, presented himself to Kiyomori, and was captured. Tadamasa's estates in Yamashiro, Ise, were confiscated and incorporated into the Goin estates of the retired Emperor Goshirakawa. Sawano Izumihei (Tadamori) Taira no Tadamori (1096 - 10 February 1153) A warrior of the late Heian period. He built the foundations of the Taira clan. His father Masamori was a close attendant to Emperor Shirakawa. Tadamori also became an attendant to the Emperor's north and was appointed as a Kebiishi. He started out as the governor of Hoki and served in various provinces, using his wealth to serve the retired emperor. He also served as a close aide to the Emperor during the reign of Emperor Toba, and in 1132 he was allowed to enter the palace as a reward for building Tokuchojuin. This was considered unprecedented and drew the ire of the nobles. The following year he was appointed to the Kanzaki Manor in Hizen Province and was sued for involvement in Japan-Song trade, and in 1135 he captured the leader of a group of pirates in the Western Sea, but rumors arose that he had framed an unrelated person as a pirate. Fujiwara no Yorinaga described Tadamori as a modest man, who had accumulated great wealth and had many family members. He was a senior fourth rank upper rank, and died in front of a nobleman. He wrote a waka poem, "Tadamorishu."

(Fumihiko Gomi)

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Japanese:

没年：保元1.7.28(1156.8.15)
生年：生年不詳
平安後期の武士。忠政とも書く。正盛の子。忠盛の弟。清盛の叔父。顕仁親王(崇徳天皇)の家司。藤原頼長に仕え,高陽院殿上人となった。保元1(1156)年,保元の乱で崇徳上皇・頼長方として源為義らと共に源義朝・平清盛らと戦ったが,敗れて捕らえられた。7月28日,その子長盛,忠綱,政綱らと共に甥清盛により,六波羅で斬罪に処された。『保元物語』によれば,忠正ははじめ伊勢に逃れたが,死罪はないという信西の謀略によって流された話を信じ,出家して清盛のもとに出頭し捕らえられたという。伊勢・山城にあった忠正の所領は,没官されて後白河上皇の後院領に編入された。澤野泉平忠盛たいらのただもり永長1(1096)～仁平3.1.15(1153.2.10)平安後期の武士。武家平家の基礎を築く。父正盛は白河院の近習。忠盛も院北面となり,検非違使に任じられる。伯耆守を振り出しに諸国の受領を歴任,その富をもって上皇に奉仕。鳥羽院の時代にも院近臣として活動,長永1(1132)年には得長寿院を造った功により内の昇殿を許された。この昇殿は未曾有と評され,貴族の反感を買った。翌年,肥前国の神崎荘を知行して日宋貿易に関与して訴えられ,保延1(1135)年には西海の海賊の頭を捕える功をあげるが,無関係な人間を海賊に仕立てたとの噂が立った。藤原頼長は忠盛を,巨万の富を蓄え,多くの家人を持ったが,慎み深い人と述べている。位は正四位上,公卿目前で死去。和歌『忠盛集』がある。

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