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Taira no Koremori

Sammichūjō Koremori woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshitora, 1866.

Taira no Koremori (平 維盛) (1158 – 1184) was one of the Taira clan's commanders and military lord during the Genpei War of the late Heian period of Japanese history. He was the only child of Taira no Shigemori, who was the eldest regent and heir of Taira no Kiyomori.[1]

  1. ^ Brown, Delmer M.; Hall, John Whitney; Shively, Donald H.; McCullough, William H.; Jansen, Marius B.; Yamamura, Kōzō; Duus, Peter (1988). The Cambridge History of Japan. Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press. pp. 615, 703–704. ISBN 978-0-521-22353-9.

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