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Taira no Masakado (平将門) (?–940 C.E.) was a member of the Kammu Taira clan of Japan. He was the son of Taira no Yoshimasa, shogun of Chinjufu. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x720, 100 KB) Taira no Masakados tomb. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x720, 100 KB) Taira no Masakados tomb. ... Nijubashi Bridge at the Imperial Palace. ... Events Births Brian Boru, high king of Ireland Abul-Wafa, iranian mathematician Deaths ar-Radi (Caliph of Baghdad) Athelstan, who was succeeded by his half-brother, Edmund Categories: 940 ... Taira (平) is a Japanese surname. ... In Japanese history, a shogun (å°†è» shÅgun) was the practical ruler of Japan for most of the time from 1192 to the Meiji Era beginning in 1868. ...

In 939 C.E., during the Heian Period of Japanese history, he rebelled by attacking the outpost of the central government in Hitachi Province, capturing the governor. In December of that year he conquered Shimotsuke and Kozuke provinces, and claimed the title of Shinnō (New Emperor). The central government in Kyoto responded by putting a bounty on his head, and fifty-nine days later his cousin Sadamori, whose father Masakado had attacked and killed, and Fujiwara no Hidesato, killed him and took his head to the capital. Events Vietnam became a tributary kingdom to China. ... The Heian period (Japanese: å¹³å®‰æ™‚ä»£, Heian-jidai) is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. ... The history of Japan probably started around 100,000 BCE, date when the earliest stone tool implements have been found. ... Categories: Japan geography stubs | Old provinces of Japan ... Categories: Japan geography stubs | Old provinces of Japan ... Categories: Japan geography stubs | Old provinces of Japan ... An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. ... This page is about the city Kyoto. ... A bounty is often offered by a group as an incentive for the accomplishment of a task by someone usually not associated with the group. ... The Fujiwara clan (藤原) was a clan of regents who monopolized the title of Sekkan, Sessho and Kampaku. ...

His tomb (which contains only his head) is near exit C5 of Tokyo's Ootemachi subway station. Long a symbol of Tokyo, the Nijubashi Bridge at the Kokyo Imperial Palace. ...

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Taira no Masakado Information (343 words)
	Taira no Masakado (平将門) (?–940 C.E.) was a member of the Kammu Taira clan of Japan.
	Taira no Masakado was a powerful landowner in the Kanto region.
	Over the centuries, Masakado became something of a demigod to the locals who were impressed by his stand against the central government while at the same time felt the need to appease his malevolent spirit.

Ancient Japan - 3 (4328 words)
	The Taira had at first settled in the Kanto district, where they extended their influence over a wide area; but they had suffered a setback with the defeat of Taira Masakado and had finally lost their hold in the Kanto district as the result of another later uprising by Masakado's descendant Tadatsune.
	With the revitalization of the imperial family, the Taira curried favour with the retired emperors.
	Taira Masamori and his son Tadamori served as governors in several western provinces, building up their own power in the area, and aided the retired emperors' programs of temple building by erecting and endowing a number of new temples.

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