Niinoama - Niinoama

Japanese: 二位尼 - にいのあま

?-1185 (Bunji 1)
A woman from the late Heian period. Taira Tokiko. Wife of Taira Kiyomori. Daughter of Taira Tokinobu, Tokitada was her younger brother, and her younger sister Shigeko was the consort of the retired Emperor Goshirakawa. She gave birth to Munemori, Tomomori, Shigehira, and Tokuko, and in 1168 (Jin'an 3), she became a nun along with Kiyomori. In 1171, Tokuko became the Empress of Emperor Takakura and was awarded the rank of Junior Second Rank, so she was called Nii-numa (Ama of Second Rank) or Nihon-numa (Ama of Second Rank). After Kiyomori's death, she served as guardian of the clan, but in March 1185, when the Taira clan was destroyed at Dannoura in Nagato Province, she drowned herself holding Emperor Antoku in her arms. [Tanaka Fumihide]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

？‐1185(文治1)
平安末期の女性。平時子。平清盛の妻。平時信の女，時忠は弟，妹滋子は後白河上皇の女御。宗盛･知盛･重衡･徳子らを生み，1168年(仁安3)清盛とともに出家，71年女徳子が高倉天皇の中宮になってから従二位に叙せられたので二位尼，二品尼と称される。清盛の死後は一門の後見的立場をしめたが，85年3月，長門国壇ノ浦で平家が滅亡するさい，安徳天皇を抱いて入水した。【田中文英】

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