A War of Ideas: Part 1

How historians got it wrong: How the Taira clan and Tairano Kiyomori actually started Japan’s Warrior Age rather than Minamoto no Yoritomo.

Introduction

One must bear in mind that when Kiyomori died in 1181, with him went his reputation and what little popularity, his clan may have once enjoyed even if briefly. A great shame, given all he had achieved, all he had given to Japan, culturally, economically and politically, even socially. He had given her, the medieval age with all its strengths…