Taira no Kiyomori
1118–1181 · Person
Warrior who rose from Heiji victor to grand chancellor and grandfather of an emperor, the first samurai to rule Japan.
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- Edo period (1603)
- Perry Expedition to Japan (1853)
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- Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
- VJ Day / surrender of Japan (1945)
- Kamakura shogunate established (1192)
- Oda Nobunaga (1534)
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi unifies Japan (1590)
Around 1118
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- Domesday Book (1086)
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