Peak of the Taira Regime

Name: Peak of the Taira Regime
Start: 1161
End: 1170

Type Event Region Japan Time 1161–1170

After the Heiji Rebellion, Taira no Kiyomori and his clan rapidly seized key court posts and western military power in the 1160s, forming the Taira r…

Timeline

1161–1162Heian-kyō · JapanAfter the Heiji Rebellion was quelled, Taira no Kiyomori purged the Minamoto and Fujiwara no Nobunori factions, monopolizing court and military power, while Taira clan members gradually filled key posts.
1165–1170Rokuhara · JapanTaira no Kiyomori set up the Rokuhara Tandai in Kyoto to oversee western military affairs and public security; Taira power reached its peak, and the saying 'those who are not Taira are not human' spread widely.

Sources

平家物語
Heian Japan, Centers and Peripheries — Mikael Adolphson, Edward Kamens, Stacie Matsumoto (eds.) (2007)