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English: When Tadamichi found out who the request actually came from, he tried to have his calligraphy returned, but his efforts ended in failure. (According to the "Azuma Kagami," the framed calligraphy in Enryaku-ji Temple was written by Kanpaku Tadamichi, and the calligraphy on the paper strips was written by FUJIWARA no Norinaga.)
Japanese: のちに真の依頼者を知った忠通は額を取り返そうとしたが失敗に終わる（『吾妻鏡』には「円隆寺の額は関白忠通の筆、色紙形は藤原教長」とある）。
English: September 26 (lunar calendar): Relinquished status as head of Fujiwara clan (ceded to Junior First Rank, Minister of the left, FUJIWARA no Yorinaga.)
Japanese: 9月26日(旧暦)：藤原氏長者を止む（従一位行左大臣藤原頼長に長者宣下）
English: July 11 (lunar calendar): Appointed as head of Fujiwara clan (due to the death of Junior First Rank, Minister of the left, FUJIWARA no Yorinaga, on this day.)
Japanese: 7月11日(旧暦)：藤原氏長者宣下（藤原氏長者従一位行左大臣藤原頼長同日、薨去のため）
English: "Shin Heike Monogatari" (Tale of Heike) (long-running historical drama series on NHK TV, 1972, featuring Yasumi HARA)
Japanese: 『新・平家物語(NHK大河ドラマ)』（1972年NHK大河ドラマ、演：原保美）
English: TAIRA no Munemori (1170 - July 26, 1185) was a warlord in the late Heian era.
Japanese: 平清宗（たいらのきよむね、嘉応2年（1170年）-文治元年6月21日(旧暦)（1185年7月19日））は、平安時代末期の武将である。
English: Upon learning that MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka was enroute to Kyoto, the Taira clan decided to flee the capital, absconding with the child Emperor Antoku, with Kiyomune also following.
Japanese: 寿永2年（1183年）、平氏は源氏の源義仲上洛により安徳天皇とともに都を落ち、清宗もこれに従う。
English: The Taira clan had suffered defeat at several places, before being decimated in the Battle of Dannoura on March 24 (lunar calendar), 1185.
Japanese: 平氏は各地で敗れ、寿永4年（1185年）3月24日、壇ノ浦の戦いで敗北し、滅亡に至る。
English: Kiyomune and his father Munemori had thrown themselves into the sea, attempting to commit suicide, but they were plucked from the sea and taken captive.
Japanese: 清宗は父の宗盛とともに入水を試みるが、父子は海から引き上げられて捕虜となる。
English: After being dragged through the streets of Kyoto, the capital, they were sent to Kamakura under guard by MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune in May.
Japanese: 宗盛と共に都を引き回されたのち、5月に源義経により鎌倉へ護送される。
English: In June, after Munemori met with Yoritomo, Munemori and Kiyomune were sent back to Kyoto; however, on the way, Kiyomune was beheaded by Kagemitsu HORI, a retainer of Yoshitsune's, in Shinohara shuku, Omi Province.
Japanese: 6月、宗盛が頼朝と対面したのち父子は再び京へ帰され、清宗はその途中の近江国篠原宿にて、義経の郎党堀景光により斬首された。
English: TAIRA no Masamori (date of birth unknown - perhaps 1121) was a warlord in the late Heian era.
Japanese: 平正盛（たいらのまさもり、生年不詳-保安(元号)2年（1121年）？）は、平安時代後期の武将。
English: His sons were TAIRA no Tadanori, TAIRA no Sadamasa, TAIRA no Tadamasa, TAIRA no Tokimori, Norinobu, and his daughters married MINAMOTO no Yoshitada, FUJIWARA no Akitoki, and FUJIWARA no Kiyotaka.
Japanese: 子に平忠盛・平貞正・平忠正・平時盛・範延・源義忠室・藤原顕時室・藤原清隆室らがある。
English: When Masamori succeeded as head of the family, the Taira family was not very strong, and served MINAMOTO no Yoshiie, under the Kawachi-Genji (branch of the Minamoto clan descended from the Seiwa-Genji).
Japanese: 正盛が家督を継いだ頃は平家も勢力が小さく、河内源氏に臣従し源義家に仕えた。
English: Then, marrying off his daughter to MINAMOTO no Yoshitada, who was a son of MINAMOTO no Yoshiie, Masamori came to be in a position to exert influence over the Kawachi-Genji clan, as the father-in-law of Yoshitada.
Japanese: その後、源義家の子、源義忠に娘を嫁がせ、義忠の岳父として河内源氏に影響力を及ぼす。
English: As Masamori contributed his domain in Iga Province to the Retired Emperor Shirakawa, and was appointed to important posts, such as kebiishi (a police and judicial chief), and Tsuibushi (envoys to purse and capture), whereby he assumed responsibilities for subduing and apprehending local bandits across the various Provinces, etc.
Japanese: また、白河上皇の院政に伊賀の所領を寄進するなどして重用され、検非違使・追捕使として諸国の盗賊を討伐するなど活動した。
English: Yoshiie got the order to subduing MINAMOTO no Yoshichika, who had incited an uprising; however, because Yoshiie died before carrying out the task, his successor, Yoshitada was given the same order in place of Yoshiie.
Japanese: 反乱を起こした源義親を討つ命令が源義家に下るが、源義家は死去したため、その後継者である義忠に源義親討伐の命令が下る。
English: However, because Yoshitada was reluctant to kill Yoshichika, as they were brothers, Masamori was given the mission of quelling uprising in his place, which he is said to have accomplished in 1108.
Japanese: しかし、義忠が兄を討てないと躊躇したため、正盛が義忠に代わり討伐に向かい、1108年に乱を鎮圧したとの知らせがもたらされた。
English: However, it is not sure whether he actually succeeded to putting down the uprising of Yoshichika.
Japanese: ただし、義親の討伐において、実際に義親を討つことに成功したのかは不明。
English: FUJIWARA no Munetada questioned in his diary, "Chuyuki," whether Masamori, who was not considered to be exceptionally skilled in the art of war, had actually killed Yoshichika, who was renowned for his bravery.
Japanese: 当時も勇猛な義親をそれほど武に優れているとは認知されていなかった正盛が討ったのかについて疑問があったことは藤原宗忠の日記『中右記』などにも記されている。
English: TAIRA no Rokudai, who appears in the "Tale of the Heike," is said to take his name from being a sixth generation descendant of Masamori.
Japanese: 『平家物語』の平家滅亡時に現れる平六代は、彼より数えて六代目であることに由来する幼名である。
English: The Taira family expanded its power dramatically, culminating in the heyday of the Taira family during the period of TAIRA no Tadamori, who was Masamori's son.
Japanese: 平家は彼の子、平忠盛の時代に飛躍的に勢力を拡大し全盛期を現出させる。
English: It is said that it was Masamori's generation of the Taira family who secured the base upon which later generations flourished, and Masamori is considered to be the individual who laid the foundation.
Japanese: その地盤固めをしたのが正盛の時代の平家であり、平家興隆の基礎を築いた人物と評価される。
English: Jushiinojo (Junior Fourth Rank, Upper Grade), kebiishi, director of Inaba Province, director of Iyo Province, director of Bizen Province, Uma no gon no kami (Provisional Captain of the Right Division of Bureau of Horses), director of Sanuki Province, director of Tajima Province, director of Tango Province
Japanese: 従四位上、検非違使、因幡国権守、伊予国権守、備前国守、右馬権頭、讃岐国守、但馬国守、丹後国守
English: TAIRA no Tsunemori (1124 - May 2, 1185) was a warlord in the late Heian era.
Japanese: 平経盛（たいらのつねもり、天治元年（1124年）-文治元年3月24日(旧暦)（1185年4月25日））は、平安時代末期の武将。
English: In comparison to his half-brothers, such as TAIRA no Norimori and TAIRA no Yorimori, he was slow to be promoted, and didn't achieve any noteworthy accomplishments in the political arena; however, he was recognized as having the same talent for poetry as his father, Tadamori.
Japanese: 異母弟の平教盛・平頼盛に比べると官位の昇進が遅く政治的活動もほとんど見出せないが、忠盛から歌人的側面を受け継いだ。
English: He attended a poetry party held at Ninna-ji Temple, which was held by Cloistered Imperial Prince Shukaku, as well as a poetry party at the Imperial Palace held by Emperor Nijo, and he also held his own poetry party.
Japanese: 守覚法親王の仁和寺歌会や二条天皇の内裏歌会などに出席し、自らも歌合を催している。
English: As he had been in the service of the Dowager Empress, FUJIWARA no Tashi, in the Imperial household agency for many years, he had established a close relationships with the main members of the poetry circles, including the Tokudaiji brothers, Sanesada and Saneie (Tashi's brothers), Kojiju no tsubone (Tashi's maid), FUJIWARA no Kiyosuke from the Rokujo-Fujiwara family (Tunemori's superior in the Imperial household agency), and FUJIWARA no Shigeie (the Lord of Justice).
Japanese: 太皇太后・藤原多子の職事を長年に渡って務めた関係から、歌壇の中心である徳大寺家の徳大寺実定・実家（多子の兄弟）、女流歌人・小侍従局（多子の女房）、六条藤家の藤原清輔（太皇太后宮職における上司）・藤原重家(刑部卿)と親密な交流があった。
English: In March 1185, having suffered defeated in the naval battle at Dannoura, Tsunemori committed suicide, throwing himself into the sea along with his younger brother, Norimori.
Japanese: 元暦2年（1185年）3月、壇ノ浦の戦いに敗れ、弟の教盛とともに入水して果てた。
English: At the occasion of of the Shishigatani Conspiracy, as FUJIWARA no Naritsune, who was Norimori's son-in-law was implicated in the plot, Norimori made efforts to petition the court for mercy.
Japanese: 鹿ケ谷の陰謀事件では娘婿の藤原成経が罪に問われたため、その赦免に奔走した。
English: During the fray of the Heiji War in 1159, Kiyomori rescued Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa and Emperor Nijo from the Imperial palace and then proceeded to attack MINAMOTO no Yoshitomo and FUJIWARA no Nobuyori, who were barricaded in the Imperial palace; meanwhile, Norimori, Kiyomori's eldest son, along with his younger brothers TAIRA no Shigemori and Yorimori, served as commanding generals leading an attack on Rokuhara.
Japanese: 平治元年（1159年）の平治の乱では清盛が後白河法皇と二条天皇を内裏から奪回して、内裏に籠る源義朝、藤原信頼を攻撃する際に、清盛の嫡男の平重盛、弟の頼盛とともに大将として六波羅を出撃。
English: 重盛が侍賢門、頼盛が郁方門を攻撃し、敗走したとみせかけて源氏を内裏からおびき出し、その間に内応者に陽明門を開けさせて内裏を占領する働きをした。While Shigemori attacked the Jiken-mon Gate and Yorimori the Yuho-mon Gate, Norimori acted as a decoy by feignting that he was fleeing in retreat, drawing the troops of the Minamoto clan from the Imperial palace, after which he had his man on the inside open the Yomei-mon Gate and took possession of the Imperial palace.
Japanese: 重盛が侍賢門、頼盛が郁方門を攻撃し、敗走したみせかけて源氏を内裏からおびき出し、その間に内応者に陽明門を開けさせて内裏を占領する働きをした。
English: After the Heiji War, Norimori was granted the court rank of Shoshiinoge (Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade) and appointed as Hitachi no suke (Assistant Governor of Hitachi Province); however, he was dismissed from his post and stripped of his rank on October 12, 1161 because he was implicated in a plot against Emperor Nijo, in which he was accused of attempting to have install Emperor Takakura (later to become Emperor Takakura) on the throne.
Japanese: 乱後、正四位下常陸介となっていたが、応保元年（1162年）9月15日_(旧暦)、二条天皇を廃して高倉天皇（後の高倉天皇）擁立を図った容疑のため解官される。
English: In 1168, He was promoted to the court rank of Shosanmi (Senior Third Rank) and Sangi (councillor), he was called as 'Kadowaki Saisho' (Chancellor lived at the gate of Rokuhara) because he lived near the main gate of Rokuhara.
Japanese: 仁安(日本)3年（1168年）に正三位参議に進み、邸宅が六波羅の総門にあったことから門脇宰相と呼ばれた。
English: In May 1177, when monks from the Enryaku-ji Temple rose in riot and surged toward the ingosho (the retired Emperor's court), Norimori guarded the imperial palace.
Japanese: 安元3年（1177年）4月、延暦寺大衆が院御所へ強訴に押し寄せたとき、警固に出動。
English: The lead conspirators were FUJIWARA no Narichika, Saiko and Shunkan, and Narichika's son, FUJIWARA no Naritsune, who was Norimori's son-in-law.
Japanese: 首謀者は院近臣の藤原成親、西光、俊寛らで、このうちに成親の嫡男の藤原成経は教盛の娘婿だった。
English: At the time, because Norimori's daughter was pregnant, Norimori and Naritsune petitioned Kiyomori for mercy; Kiyomori, however, would not even grant them an audience, and sentenced Naritsune to death by beheading.
Japanese: 娘は身重でもあり、困り果てた教盛は成経とともに清盛の元へ参り、寛大な処置を願ったが、清盛は対面すら許さず成経の断罪を命じた。
English: Norimori's reaction to this decision was to tell Kiyomori that he himself would renounce the world and become a Buddhist monk if Kiyomori were to execute Naritsune, whereupon Kiyomori finally relented, agreeing to put Naritsune under Norimori's charge.
Japanese: これに対して、教盛は出家して隠遁するとまで言いだし、それならばとようやく成経の身柄を教盛に預けることを許した。
English: The punishment of the perpetrators was decided, with Naritsune being exiled to Bicchu Province, and then to a remote island called Kikai ga-shima Island in Satsuma Province.
Japanese: 関係者の処罰が決まり、成経は備中国次いで遠く薩摩国鬼界ヶ島へ流されることになった。
English: Norimori, pitying his son-in-law, petitioned Kiyomori to grant amnesty to Naritsune as a gesture of magnanimity expressing his wish for the safe child birth of Empress TAIRA no Tokuko; Kiyomori accepted this petition, and in the following year, 1178, Naritsune was granted amnesty and returned to Kyoto.
Japanese: 娘婿のこと哀れに思う教盛は懐妊した中宮平徳子の安産祈願として大赦を願い出て、清盛もこれを許し、翌治承2年（1178年）に成経は赦免されて京へ帰った。
English: Norimori was appointed as one of the generals to lead the mission to capture and execute Prince Mochihito, who had fled, taking refuge in Onjo-ji Temple (Prince Mochihito's rising in arms).
Japanese: 園城寺に逃げ込んだ以仁王追討の大将の一人に任じられる（以仁王の挙兵）。
English: In November 1181, faced with increasing unrest along the Hokuriku-do Road, Norimori, along with his brothers Yorimori and Tsunemori secured themselves inside the capital, Kyoto.
Japanese: 養和元年（1181年）10月、北陸道の情勢が不穏になると、教盛は兄弟の頼盛、経盛とともに洛中の守りを担当した。
English: As his son, Michimori, was the governor of Echizen Province and was in charge of defense of northern provinces, he had repeatedly engaged the forces of MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka in battle.
Japanese: 嫡男の通盛は越前国守で北国の守りを担当しており、源義仲の軍と合戦を繰り返していた。
English: In 1182, Norimori was promoted to the court rank of Junii (Junior Second Rank) and Gon Chunagon (a provisional vice-councilor of state), after which he was came to be called 'Kadowaki Chunagon' (vice-councilor of state who resides at the gate of Rokuhara).
Japanese: 養和2年（1182年）、従二位権中納言に進み、門脇中納言と呼ばれるようになった。
English: In fighting from April to May 1183, the Hokuriku expeditionary force under the command of TAIRA no Koremori was defeated by MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka.
Japanese: 寿永2年（1183年）4月から5月にかけて、平維盛を総大将とする北陸遠征軍が源義仲に敗れて壊滅。
English: The Taira family set up headquarters in Yashima, Sanuki Province, and in November 1183, Norimori, along with his sons Michimori and Noritsune, took part in the Battle of Mizushima, emerging victorious.
Japanese: 平家は讃岐国屋島に本営を置き、教盛・通盛・教経の父子は同年閏10月の水島の戦いに参戦し勝利する。
English: Then, in December 1183, Norimori took part in the Battle of Muroyama as a commanding general along with TAIRA no Shigehira, and they defeated the army of MINAMOTO no Yukiie.
Japanese: さらに、同年11月の室山の戦いでは平重衡とともに大将軍として出陣し源行家を破っている。
English: In February 1184, Yoshinaka was defeated by MINAMOTO no Noriyori and MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune who had been dispatched by the Kamakura bakufu ('Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
Japanese: 翌寿永3年（1184年）正月、義仲は鎌倉から派遣された源範頼・源義経に滅ぼされた。
English: Meanwhile, the Taira family had advanced to Fukuwara-kyo District, Settsu Province, and Norimori and his sons subdued rebel groups in western districts; especially, Norimori's second son, Noritsune, fought valiantly.
Japanese: 平家は摂津国福原京まで進出し、教盛父子は西国の反乱勢力の鎮圧にあたり、特に次男の教経は華々しく戦った。
English: On March 24, 1184, a Buddhist memorial service for Kiyomori's death, and a Jimoku ceremony (a ceremony at which officials are appointed, the Taira family had right to conduct the Jimoku ceremony because they had Emperor Antoku, and the three sacred treasures of the Imperial family were in their possession) were held in Fukuhara District, with the court rank of Shonii (Senior Second Rank) and the post of Dainagon (Chief councilor) being conferred on Norimori; however, he declined to accept the rank and post.
Japanese: 寿永3年（1184年）2月4日、福原で清盛の法要が営まれ、除目が行われ（平家は安徳天皇と三種の神器を擁しているので除目を行う権利がある）、教盛は正二位大納言に叙されるが、これを辞退した。
English: On February 7, the Taira family was defeated in the Battle of Ichi no tani, at which Norimori's sons Michimori, Noritsune, and Narimori met their deaths on the battlefield (it is said that Noritsune survived the battle).
Japanese: 7日に行われた福原を巡る一ノ谷の戦いで平家は惨敗し、嫡男の通盛をはじめ、子の教経、業盛がみな討ち死にした（教経については生存説あり）。
English: Kozaisho, who was Michimori's wife and was pregnant, commited suicide by drowning after her husband died.
Japanese: さらに、身重だった通盛の妻の小宰相も夫の後を追って入水自殺してしまう。
English: In April 1185, the Battle of Dan no ura took place, at which the Taira clan, having exhausted itself, suffered a final defeat and was vanquished.
Japanese: そして元暦2年（1185年）3月、壇ノ浦の戦いが行われ、平家は力尽きて敗北。
English: Norimori and his elder brother, Tsunemori, tied anchors to their armor, clasped one another's hand, and cast themselves into the sea together.
Japanese: 教盛は兄の経盛とともに鎧の上に碇をつなげて兄弟手を取りあって海に沈んだ。
English: His mother, FUJIWARA no Muneko, came from a family of personal attendants to FUJIWARA no Shoshi (Tamako), and she was also connected to FUJIWARA no Nariko through one of her cousins, FUJIWARA no Ienari, who was the favorite retainer of the Cloistered Emperor Toba.
Japanese: 母の藤原宗子は藤原璋子近臣家の出身だったが、従兄弟には鳥羽法皇第一の寵臣・藤原家成がいたことから藤原得子ともつながりがあった。
English: Because of her large network of contacts, she was called as "a person who supports her husband, Tadamori" (quoted from the "Gukansho (History Book)" (Jottings of a Fool) and she was highly respected among the wives of Tadamori.
Japanese: その幅広い人脈により「夫ノ忠盛ヲモモタヘタル者（夫の忠盛をも支えるほどの者）」（『愚管抄』）と呼ばれ、忠盛の妻たちの中で最も重んじられていた。
English: Kiyomori was the first child of Tadamori; however, because his biological mother had already died, there was a possibility that Tadamori's second son, Iemori, who was born to Muneko, might become the heir with the support of his mother.
Japanese: 清盛は忠盛の長子だったが生母はすでに死去していたため、宗子の産んだ次男・家盛が母の後押しで嫡子となる可能性もあった。
English: In 1147, because Kiyomori was being punished for causing a disturbance in Gion, Iemori suddenly rose in prominence.
Japanese: 久安3年（1147年）に清盛が祇園闘乱事件を引き起こして処罰されたことにより、家盛の存在感は急速に高まった。
English: In January 1148, he was appointed to the post of Hitachi no suke (Assistant Governor of Hitachi Province) and was granted the court rank of Jushiinoge (Junior Forth Rank, Lower Grade), and elevated to the status of Uma no kami (Captain of the Right Division of Bureau of Horses), which demonstrated his rise in status approaching that of Kiyomori; however, he died of illness in 1149.
Japanese: 同年12月に常陸国となり、翌久安4年（1148年）正月には従四位下・右馬頭となって清盛に迫る勢いを示すが、久安5年（1149年）病死してしまう。
English: Tadamori was deeply aggrieved at the loss of his son; Kiyomori, however, was reassured of his position as the successor due to death of the only rival candidate.
Japanese: 忠盛の落胆は大きかったが、清盛は対抗馬が消えたことで後継者の地位を確実なものとした。
English: Even though Yorimori was a younger brother of Iemori born to the same mother, given the difference in age of 15 years between Yorimori and Kiyomori, it was impossible for Yorimori to push Kiyomori aside.
Japanese: 頼盛は家盛の同母弟といっても清盛とは15歳の年齢差があり、清盛を押しのけることは無理だった。
English: However, Yorimori did receive preferential treatment as the only child of the legal wife of Tadamori, and was appointed to the post of Hitachi no suke at the age of 17, inheriting the position of Iemori.
Japanese: それでも頼盛は正室のただ一人の子として優遇されていて、家盛の地位を継承して17歳で常陸介に任じられている。
English: At this time, Tsunemori and Norimori, his elder brothers by a different mother, were not Zuryo (the head of the provincial governors), leaving Yorimori next in status to Kiyomori within the family.
Japanese: この時点では異母兄の経盛・教盛は受領ではなく、頼盛は一門の中で清盛に次ぐ位置にいた。
English: In 1150, Muneko became menoto (a woman providing breast-feed to a highborn baby) and Tadamori menoto (a foster father) of Prince Shigehito, the first prince of the retired Emperor Sutoku.
Japanese: 久安6年（1150年）宗子は崇徳上皇の第一皇子・重仁親王の乳母となり、忠盛は乳父（めのと）になった。
English: Shigehito was the most likely candidate to become the next Emperor, and if he were to accede to the throne, Tadamori would gain great power and influence.
Japanese: 重仁は次期皇位の最有力候補であり即位が実現すれば、忠盛は大きな権力を手にできるはずだった。
English: A plot hatched by FUJIWARA no Shinzei resulted in the appointment as Crown Prince going not to Prince Shigehito, the first candidate, but to Prince Masahito, (who later became Emperor Goshirakawa), radically changing the political situation.
Japanese: 後継天皇は藤原信西の画策により、第一候補だった重仁親王ではなく雅仁親王（後白河天皇）が指名され、政情は大きく変化する。
English: In 1156, with the outbreak of the Hogen War at the occasion of the death of the Cloistered Emperor Toba, the Taira clan found itself in a difficult position due to the fact that Tadamori and Muneko had become guardians of Prince Shigehito.
Japanese: 保元元年（1156年）、鳥羽法皇崩御により保元の乱が勃発すると、忠盛・宗子が重仁親王を後見する立場にあったことから平氏一門は難しい立場に立たされた。
English: Muneko foresaw the defeat of the Sutoku side and said "In this matter, the Shinin (newer ex-emperor) will not compromise. There is no way we can win." and ordered Yorimori to cooperate with his elder brother, Kiyomori, telling him to, "Follow your elder brother, Kiyomori, without fail" (quoted from the "Gukansho").
Japanese: 宗子は「コノ事ハ一定新院ノ御方ハマケナンズ。勝ツベキヤウモナキ次第ナリ」と崇徳方の敗北を予測して、頼盛に「ヒシト兄ノ清盛ニツキテアレ」と協力することを命じた（『愚管抄』）。
English: Thanks to this decision, Taira clan was able to avoid fracturing, and successfully retained the status they had achieved through their efforts over the years.
Japanese: この決断により平氏は一族の分裂を回避し、今まで築き上げてきた勢力を保持することに成功した。
English: As Kiyomori was appointed to the post of Harima no kuni no kami (the governor of Harima Province), in recognition of his meritorious deeds during the Hogen War, and Yorimori became Zuryo for Aki no kuni (Aki Province), which was Kiyomori's chigyo koku (provincial fiefdom).
Japanese: 清盛が乱の功績により播磨国になったことで、頼盛は清盛の知行国・安芸国の受領となった。
English: In 1157, Shinzei successfully refurbished Daidairi (the Greater Imperial Palace), and Yorimori was promoted to the court rank of Jushiinoge for his overseeing of the constructing of the Joganden (building of the palace).
Japanese: 保元2年（1157年）になると信西は大内裏の再建を行い、頼盛は貞観殿の造営を担当したことで従四位下に叙せられる。
English: In September 1158, Yorimori was appointed to the post of Hitachi no suke for the second time and, in October, he became Mikawa no kuni no kami (Governor of Mikawa Province) by exchanging chigyo koku with FUJIWARA no Akinaga.
Japanese: 翌保元3年（1158年）8月には二回目の常陸介となり、10月には藤原顕長と知行国を交換して三河国となった。
English: Although Yorimori and Shigemori were uncle and nephew, there was only five years separated them in age, and for all practical purposes it can be said that they belonged to the same age group.
Japanese: 頼盛と重盛は叔父と甥だったが5歳の年齢差で、ほぼ同年代といってよかった。
English: The organization of the Taira clan took a shape in which Kiyomori acted as the head of the entire clan, with Yorimori and Shigemori as the supports of its foundation.
Japanese: 平氏は清盛が棟梁として全体を取りまとめ、頼盛・重盛が屋台骨を支える形となった。
English: This organizational dynamic was clearly demonstrated by the events of the Heiji War of 1159.
Japanese: それを如実に示したのが、平治元年（1159年）に起こった平治の乱だった。
English: At that time, Yorimori was 27 and Shigemori 22 years old when the went to the battlefield taking command of an army, "On the side of the Taira clan, two commanding generals, Saemon no suke (assistant captain of the Left Division of Outer Palace Guards) Shigemori and Mikawa no kuni no kami Yorimori, fought a fierce battle" as described in the "Gukansho".
Japanese: 頼盛は27歳、重盛は22歳であり、「平氏ガ方ニハ左衛門佐重盛・三河守頼盛、コノ二人コソ大将軍ノ誠ニタタカイハシタリケルハアリケレ」（『愚管抄』）とあるように、平氏軍の主力を率いて戦場に臨んだ。
English: While "The Tale of Heiji" describes activities of Shigemori brilliantly, it can be discerned that Yorimori also played an important role in the battle, fighting with a noted sword, "Nukemaru", acquired from his father.
Japanese: 『平治物語』では重盛の活躍が華々しく記されているが、頼盛も父から譲り受けた名刀「抜丸」で奮戦するなど、合戦で大きな役割を果たしていたことがうかがえる。
English: In March 1160, TAIRA no Munekiyo, roto (retainer) of Yorimori's, caught MINAMOTO no Yoritomo, who had been on the run.
Japanese: 翌永暦元年（1160年）2月、頼盛の郎等・平宗清が逃亡中の源頼朝を捕らえた。
English: As the Owari no kuni (Owari Province) occupies an important place along the route connecting Kyoto and Togoku (the eastern part of Japan, particularly Kanto region), it can also be inferred that Yorimori was appointed as Owari no kami as a means of facilitating the apprehension of remnants of the Minamoto clan who might try to escape to Togoku.
Japanese: 尾張国は京都と東国を結ぶ交通の要衝に当たるため、頼盛が尾張守に任じられたのは、東国に逃れる源氏の残党を追捕するための措置だったとも考えられる。
English: In "The Tale of Heiji," Muneko is depicted as having made every effort to spare Yoritomo's life, because Yoritomo was the very image of Iemori; however, in reality, it can be surmised that Muneko was acting in response to appeals made by Princess Muneko (a daughter of Taikenmonin, and an elder sister of Goshirakawa's born to the same mother) to whom Yoritomo had been in the service of, and the family of Atsuta Guji (chief of those who serves shrine, controls festivals and general affairs of the Atsuta Shinto Shrine) which was the In no Kinshin (vassal attending on a retired emperor) family of Taikenmonin (a family to which Yoritomo was related on his mother side).
Japanese: 『平治物語』では、頼朝が家盛に生き写しだったことから宗子が助命に奔走したとするが、実際には頼朝が仕えていた統子内親王（待賢門院の娘、後白河の同母姉）や同じ待賢門院近臣家の熱田宮司家（頼朝の母方の親族）の働きかけによるものと推測される。
English: The influence of the Taira clan came to stand out conspicuously above others; however, for Yorimori and Shigemori, who had taken active parts in the War, the treatment they received was vastly different with respect to official rank.
Japanese: 平氏の勢力は他より抜きん出たものとなったが、乱で共に活躍した頼盛と重盛は、官位において大きく明暗を分けることになる。
English: In 1160, while Shigemori was promoted to the court rank of Jushiinojo (Junior Fourth Rank, Upper Grade) and appointed to the post of Kura no kami (Chief of Kuraryo, Bureau of Palace Storehouses), the official rank of Yorimori remained the same.
Japanese: 永暦元年（1160年）に重盛が従四位上・内蔵頭となったのに対して、頼盛の官位はそのまま据え置かれた。
English: In 1161, Yorimori was promoted to the court rank of Shoshiinoge (Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade), surpassing Shigemori with respect to rank; however, Shigemori was promoted to the court rank of Shosiinoge in 1162, Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank) in 1163 and to Shosanmi (Senior Third Rank) in 1164, rapidly pulling away from Munemori and, in 1165, he was appointed to the post of Sangi (councilor), at the age of 28 years old.
Japanese: 応保元年（1161年）に頼盛は正四位下となり位階では上回るが、重盛も応保2年（1162年）に正四位下、長寛元年（1163年）には従三位、長寛2年（1164年）には正三位と瞬く間に引き離し、永万元年（1165年）には28歳で早くも参議となった。