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Taira no Koremori (   ) ( 1160 -- 1184 ? ) was one of the Taira clan ' s commanders in the Genpei War of the late Heian period of Japanese history . He was the eldest son of Taira no Shigemori , who was the eldest son and heir of Taira no Kiyomori . In contrast to his ___MASK71___ Shigemori , who was a brave warrior , Koremori grew up to be a young nobleman who loved poetry and music . He was defeated at the battle of Fujigawa in 1180 . In April and May of 1183 , Koremori invaded Echizen Province , taking Hiuchiyama and several other of Minamoto no Yoshinaka ' s strongholds . However , Yoshinaka was able to defeat Koremori in the Battle of Kurikara . In 1184 , he fled from the battle of Yashima , and is said to have committed suicide . He was the favorite son of the Taira clan ___MASK76___ , Taira no Kiyomori . He supported his ___MASK71___ in the Heiji Rebellion . He died , " some said of grief at his ___MASK71___ ' s stubborn and misguided treatment of his opponents ." Early Life . Taira no Kiyomori born at Ise Province 1118 as First son of Taira no Tadamori , his mother Gion Nyogo was palace servant based from Heike Monogatari Kiyomori was son of ___MASK14___ Shirakawa with Gion Nyogo who given to Tadamori He consolidated the influence of the Taira clan at the Imperial Court , and is said to have been the first ___MASK44___ to serve the Emperor directly , at Court . The was a short civil war fought in order to resolve a dispute about political power . The " Heiji no ran " encompassed clashes between rival subjects of the cloistered ___MASK14___ Go - Shirakawa of Japan in 1159 . It was preceded by the Hgen Rebellion in 1156 . " Heiji no ran " is seen as a direct outcome of the earlier armed dispute ; but unlike " Hgen no ran ," which was a dispute between members of the same clan , this was rather a struggle for power between two rival clans . It is also seen as a precursor of a broader civil war . History . The name of Ise appears in the earliest written records of Japan , and was the site of numerous ___MASK40___ and folklore events connected with the Shinto ___MASK34___ and Yamato court . Ise province was one of the original provinces of Japan established in the Nara period under the Taih Code , when the former princely state of Ise was divided into Ise , Iga and Shima . The original capital of the province was located in what is now the city of Suzuka , and was excavated by archaeologists in 1957 . The site was proclaimed a national historic landmark in 1986 . The remains of the Ise kokubunji have also been found within the boundaries of modern Suzuka . Under the " Engishiki " classification system , Ise was ranked as a " great country " and a " close country ".