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Input (English): Context: He was the favorite son of the Taira clan patriarch, Taira no Kiyomori. He supported his father in the Heiji Rebellion. He died, "some said of grief at his father's stubborn and misguided treatment of his opponents.", Emperor Go-Shirakawa ( "Go-Shirakawa-tenn") (October 18, 1127  April 26, 1192) was the 77th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1155 through 1158., He consolidated the influence of the Taira clan at the Imperial Court, and is said to have been the first samurai to serve the Emperor directly, at Court., History.
The name of Ise appears in the earliest written records of Japan, and was the site of numerous religious and folklore events connected with the Shinto religion and Yamato court. Ise province was one of the original provinces of Japan established in the Nara period under the Taih Code, when the former princely state of Ise was divided into Ise, Iga and Shima. The original capital of the province was located in what is now the city of Suzuka, and was excavated by archaeologists in 1957. The site was proclaimed a national historic landmark in 1986. The remains of the Ise kokubunji have also been found within the boundaries of modern Suzuka. Under the "Engishiki" classification system, Ise was ranked as a "great country" and a "close country"., Japan ("Nippon" or "Nihon" ; formally "" or "Nihon-koku", means "State of Japan") is a sovereign island nation in Eastern Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, It is lying off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland (east of China, Korea, Russia) and stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and near Taiwan in the southwest. , Early Life.
Taira no Kiyomori born at Ise Province 1118 as First son of Taira no Tadamori, his mother Gion Nyogo was palace servant based from Heike Monogatari Kiyomori was son of Emperor Shirakawa with Gion Nyogo who given to Tadamori, The was a short civil war fought in order to resolve a dispute about political power. The "Heiji no ran" encompassed clashes between rival subjects of the cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan in 1159. It was preceded by the Hgen Rebellion in 1156. "Heiji no ran" is seen as a direct outcome of the earlier armed dispute; but unlike "Hgen no ran," which was a dispute between members of the same clan, this was rather a struggle for power between two rival clans. It is also seen as a precursor of a broader civil war., Fujiwara no Motofusa (   , 1144 -- February 1 , 1230 ) was an imperial regent in the late 12th century , serving both Emperor Rokuj and Emperor Takakura . He was also called Matsudono Motofusa (   ) , as he came from the village of Matsudono , near Kyoto . Fujiwara no Tadataka and Matsudono Moroie were his first and third sons , respectively . Though wielding great power as sessh and kampaku , Motofusa was prevented from becoming the head of the Fujiwara family by the political maneuvers of Taira no Kiyomori . An incident in 1170 , while Motofusa was on his way to the Hjuji Palace , further cemented his rivalry with the Taira clan . The Regent , along with a large retinue , was making his way to the palace for a ceremony which the cloistered Emperor Go - Shirakawa was supposed to attend , when a young boy refused to make way for him and his retinue . As a result , the Regent 's men smashed the boy 's carriage and humiliated him . The boy was a grandson of Kiyomori and so , after a few failed attempts at reprisal , followers of Taira no Shigemori ( the boy 's father ) attacked the Regent 's men on their way to a solemn ceremony , dragging them from their horses and humiliating them . These events , while seemingly minor on the surface , led to a rift between Emperor Go - Shirakawa and the Taira , and therefore to closer relations between Go - Shirakawa and the Minamoto , enemies of the Taira ., Subject: fujiwara no motofusa, Relation: occupation, Options: (A) emperor (B) father (C) patriarch (D) religion (E) religious (F) samurai (G) sovereign
Output (English): samurai