{"slug": "taira-no-kiyomori", "label": "Taira no Kiyomori", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taira_no_Kiyomori", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q281833", "qid": "Q281833", "description": "Japanese samurai (1118–1181)", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1118, 1181], "span_label": ["1118 CE", "1181 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kyoto", "label": "Kyoto", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "emperor-go-shirakawa", "label": "Emperor Go-Shirakawa", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1118, "year_label": "1118 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese military leader (d. 1181)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365269195#Births", "title": "1118", "revid": 1365269195, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1153, "year_label": "1153 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 10", "text": "February 10 – Taira no Tadamori dies after a career in which he has used his military and diplomatic skills to subdue the pirates menacing commerce in the Seto Inland Sea. He expands trade with China and becomes the first samurai to serve Emperor Konoe as personal bodyguard. He is succeeded by his son Taira no Kiyomori, who assumes control of the Taira Clan. He establishes the first samurai-dominated government in Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369184506#Asia", "title": "1153", "revid": 1369184506, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1159, "year_label": "1159 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Taira no Kiyomori leaves Kyōto on a personal pilgrimage, giving Fujiwara no Nobuyori and his Minamoto allies the perfect chance to stage an uprising.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561551#Events", "title": "1159", "revid": 1369561551, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1165, "year_label": "1165 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 30", "text": "January 30 – Closeted Emperor Go-Shirakawa holds an opening ceremony for the Sanjūsangen-dō, a temple built by Taira no Kiyomori in Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362483614#Asia", "title": "1165", "revid": 1362483614, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1167, "year_label": "1167 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Taira no Kiyomori becomes the first samurai to be appointed Daijo Daijin, chief minister of the government of Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361983030#Asia", "title": "1167", "revid": 1361983030, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1179, "year_label": "1179 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese military leader, confines the former Emperor Go-Shirakawa to his quarters after discovering that he has tried to confiscate the estates of Kiyomori's deceased children.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363299926#Asia", "title": "1179", "revid": 1363299926, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1180, "year_label": "1180 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 18", "text": "March 18 – Emperor Takakura is forced to abdicate by Taira no Kiyomori after a 12-year reign. He is succeeded by his two-year-old son, Emperor Antoku, who will reign until 1185. Kiyomori assumes control of the government, ruling as regent in the child emperor's name.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368649234#Asia", "title": "1180", "revid": 1368649234, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1181, "year_label": "1181 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 20", "text": "March 20 – Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese military leader and dictator, dies at Kyoto. He established the first samurai-dominated administrative government in Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360570363#Asia", "title": "1181", "revid": 1360570363, "section": "Events › Europe › Asia"}}]}