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Emperor Antoku (安徳天皇,
Antoku-tennō,
December 22, 1178 –
April 25, 1185) was the 81st
emperor of ****an,
according to the
traditional order of succession...
- the
twilight of the
Heian period, the
Taira controlled the boy
emperor Antoku (himself the
grandson of the
powerful Kugyō
Taira no Kiyomori) and had effectively...
- Taira, but
turned to
their disadvantage in the afternoon. The
young Emperor Antoku was one of
those who died
among the
Taira nobles. At the time of the battle...
- 3rd year of
Antoku-tennō's
reign (安徳天皇三年), the
emperor fled the
capital rather than give in to
pressures for his abdication. In
Antoku's absence, the...
- The
Antoku Ōzuka
Kofun (安徳大塚古墳) is a
Kofun period burial mound,
located in the city of Nakagawa, ****uoka Prefecture, ****an. The
tumulus was designated...
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Inland Sea. The
ruling Taira clan (Heike) was led by
their child-Emperor,
Antoku, and his grandmother,
Taira no Tokiko. The
Heike had
ruled ****an for many...
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Taira no Kiyomori,
mother of
Taira no To****o, and
grandmother of
Emperor Antoku.
Later she took the vows to
become a nun,
after which she was generally...
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Taira and failed.: 255–259 In 1180,
Taira no
Kiyomori put his
grandson Antoku (then only 2
years of age) on the
throne after the
abdication of Emperor...
- Kenreimon-in
First Son:
Imperial Prince Tokihito (言仁親王) –
later Emperor Antoku Lady-in-waiting: Bōmon
Shokushi (坊門殖子; 1157–1228)
later Shichijō-in (七条院)...
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Emperor Antoku to
ascend the
throne because his
father Taira no
Kiyomori offered prayers at
Itsukushima and
declared it his
ancestral shrine. When
Antoku drowned...
