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English: Around that time he started to worship at Itsukushima-jinja Shrine in Miyajima, and in 1153, after the death of Tadamori, he became the head of the Ise branch of the Taira clan in Kyoto.
Japanese: またその頃より宮島の厳島神社を信仰するようになり、仁平3年（1153年）には、忠盛の死後に京都の伊勢平氏一門の頭領となる。
English: In the Hogen Disturbance in 1156, although Kiyomori was in a difficult position because Ike no zenni was a nanny of Imperial Prince Shigehito, a child of the retired Emperor Sutoku, he attempted to bring unity to the clan, took Emperor Goshirakawa's side, brought him victory, and was appointed Harima-kokushu (Governor of Harima Province) and Dazai no Daini (an official of the Dazaifu, which handled both internal politics and foreign relations in Kyushu).
Japanese: 保元元年（1156年）の保元の乱では池禅尼が崇徳上皇の子・重仁親王の乳母だったことから、清盛の立場は難しいものであったが一門の結束につとめ、後白河天皇側について勝利をもたらし播磨国守、大宰大弐となる。
English: Although Kiyomori took a neutral position when FUJIWARA no Shinzei (Michinori) fell into conflict with FUJIWARA no Nobuyori and the sect supporting direct Imperial rule by Emperor Nijo, in the Heiji Disturbance in 1159, he purged the anti-Shinzei sect, including FUJIWARA no Nobuyori, FUJIWARA no Tsunemune, and FUJIWARA no Korekata, that had seized political control, and this allowed him to dramatically raise his political position.
Japanese: 藤原信西（通憲）と藤原信頼・二条親政派の対立では中立的立場をとっていたが、平治元年（1159年）の平治の乱で政権を握った藤原信頼・藤原経宗・藤原惟方などの反信西派を一掃することで、急速にその政治的地位を高めることになる。
English: Meanwhile, powerful warriors such as MINAMOTO no Yoshitomo, MINAMOTO no Shigenari, MINAMOTO no Suezane, and MINAMOTO no Mitsuyasu died, allowing Kiyomori to become the first warrior to gain control over the Imperial army and police.
Japanese: この過程で源義朝・源重成・源季実・源光保といった有力武士が滅亡したため、清盛は武士の第一人者として朝廷の軍事力・警察力を掌握した。
English: While Kiyomori became a male nanny and his wife, Tokiko, became a female nanny of Emperor Nijo, and while Kiyomori therefore became a guardian of the Emperor and was then appointed Kebiishi-betto (A chief police and judicial official) and Chu-nagon (Middle Counselor), he was also appointed to betto (a chief official of the retired emperor's office) of Goshirakawa-incho (the Retired Emperor Goshirakawa's Office), and this created a situation where Kiyomori worked for both the Emperor and the retired Emperor, allowing him to establish a strong political system.
Japanese: 清盛は二条天皇の乳父、室の時子は乳母となり天皇の後見役をつとめて検非違使別当・中納言になる一方、後白河院庁の別当にもなり、天皇・上皇の双方に仕えることで磐石の体制を築いていった。
English: In October, 1161, when the seventh son (Norihito, later to become Emperor Takakura) was born to Goshirakawa and TAIRA no Shigeko, TAIRA no Tokitada and Norimori planned to make him Crown Prince.
Japanese: 応保元年（1161年）9月後白河と平滋子の間に第七皇子（憲仁、後の高倉天皇）が生まれると、平時忠・教盛が立太子を画策した。
English: Nijo became furious about this plan and he therefore fired Tokitada, Norimori, FUJIWARA no Narichika, and FUJIWARA no Nobutaka, and then terminated the Goshirakawa Cloister Government.
Japanese: 二条はこの動きに激怒し、時忠・教盛・藤原成親・藤原信隆を解官して後白河院政を停止した。
English: By making warriors stay and keep night watch at the Imperial Palace, Kiyomori showed his clear support for Nijo.
Japanese: 清盛は天皇の皇居に武士を宿直させて警護することで、二条支持の姿勢を明確にした。
English: In April of the following year, MINAMOTO no Sukekata, a member of the sect supporting direct Imperial rule by Emperor Nijo who had been deported as a result of the Heiji Disturbance, was allowed to return to the capital, and in July, Tokitada and MINAMOTO no Sukekata were deported for cursing Nijo at Kamo-sha Shrine.
Japanese: 翌年3月には平治の乱で配流されていた二条親政派の藤原経宗が帰京を許され、6月には時忠・源資賢が二条を賀茂社で呪詛した罪で配流された。
English: Furthermore, he married his daughter, Moriko, off to a kanpaku, FUJIWARA no Motozane, to establish a firm and close relationship with a sekkan family.
Japanese: さらに関白・藤原基実に娘・盛子を嫁がせて、摂関家とも緊密な関係を結んだ。
English: Meanwhile, he never forgot to show consideration for Goshirakawa, whose cloister government was terminated, and he built Rengeo-in Temple for him in 1164.
Japanese: 院政を停止させられた後白河への配慮も怠りなく、長寛2年（1164年）蓮華王院を後白河のために造営している。
English: Being cautious about Goshirakawa's move, Nijo appointed Shigemori Sangi (Director of palace affairs) in 1165 and strengthened his reliance on the Taira clan, but he died on September 12.
Japanese: 二条は後白河の動きに警戒心を抱き、長寛3年（1165年）重盛を参議に任じて平氏への依存を深めるが、7月28日死去した。
English: Emperor Rokujo, the successor to Emperor Nijo, was still young, and Motozane therefore took political leadership as regent, and Kiyomori was promoted to Dai-nagon (Chief of the Councilor of State) and assisted Motozane.
Japanese: 後継者の六条天皇は幼少であり基実が摂政として政治を主導して、清盛は大納言に昇進して基実を補佐した。
English: Tokitada was permitted to return to the capital in October, and when it was announced that Norihito became Imperial Prince on February 4, 1166, Kiyomori was appointed Betto under Imperial control.
Japanese: 9月時忠が帰京を許され、12月25日憲仁が親王宣旨を受けると、清盛は勅別当になった。
English: Although the sect supporting Goshirakawa's cloister government was regaining power, feeling uneasy about Goshirakawa's behavior and personality, Kiyomori did not wish for restoration of the cloister government.
Japanese: 後白河院政派は次第に勢力を盛り返していたが、清盛は後白河の行動・性格に不安を覚え、院政復活を望まなかったという。
English: When the regent and the representative of the Fujiwara clan, Motozane, died suddenly in August 30, 1166 and Goshirakawa's cloister government restored itself, the younger brother of Motozane, Motofusa MATSUDONO, served as a regent, since Motozane's son FUJIWARA no Motomichi was still young.
Japanese: 永万2年（1166年）7月26日摂政・氏長者の基実が急死して後白河院政が復活すると、基実の子・藤原基通が幼少であることから弟・松殿基房が摂政となる。
English: Motofusa was a very much trusted vassal of Goshirakwa, and it would cause serious damage to the Taira clan if the sekkan family territories owned by Motozane were transferred to Motofusa.
Japanese: 基房は後白河の近臣として信頼が厚く、基実の領していた摂関家領が基房に移動すれば平氏にとって大打撃となる。
English: Following the advice of FUJIWARA no Kunitsuna, Kiyomori arranged for Motozane's widow, Moriko, to inherit the shiteki-keryo (the land for official hereditary Court nobles) excluding Denka-watari-ryo (the land which the Fujiwara family hereditarily succeeded), Kangaku-in-ryo (the land for educational institutions), and Midoryu-jiin-ryo (the land of Buddhist temples which belonged to the family of FUJIWARA no Michinaga), and successfully controlled the sekkan family territories.
Japanese: 清盛は藤原邦綱の助言により、殿下渡領・勧学院領・御堂流寺院領を除いた私的家領を後家の盛子に相続させることで、摂関家領の管轄に成功した。
English: When Imperial Prince Norihito became Crown Prince on November 11, Kiyomori was appointed Togu no daibu (an official of the Imperial Prince Palace) and then became Nai-daijin (Minister of the Center) in November.
Japanese: 10月10日に憲仁親王が立太子すると清盛は春宮大夫となり、11月には内大臣となった。
English: Kiyomori became Dajo-daijin (Chancellor of the Realm) in March, 1167, but since the time when FUJIWARA no Nobunaga was appointed to Dajo-daijin after losing to FUJIWARA no Morozane in the competition for the sekkan post during the reign of Emperor Shirakawa, the Dajo-daijin post was only an honorary post with no actual power, and Kiyomori therefore resigned from this post only 3 months after his appointment.
Japanese: 翌仁安(日本)2年（1167年）2月に太政大臣になるが、太政大臣は白河天皇の治世に藤原師実と摂関を争って敗れた藤原信長が就任してからは実権のない名誉職に過ぎず、わずか3ヶ月で辞任する。
English: Kiyomori then resigned from politics, and his legitimate child, Shigemori, received in May, 1167, an Imperial order to serve as a protector of Tokai, Higashiyama, Sanyo, and Nankaido, and this event led him to announce both officially and privately that he was the successor to Kiyomori.
Japanese: 清盛は政界から引退し、嫡子・重盛は仁安2年5月宣旨により東海・東山・山陽・南海道の治安警察権を委任され、後継者の地位についたことを内外に明らかにした。
English: Goshirakawa, worried that Kiyomori's medical condition would cause political instability, made Emperor Rokujo abdicate the throne to Imperial Prince Norihito ahead of schedule in order to maintain political stability.
Japanese: 清盛の病状が政情不安をもたらすことを危惧した後白河は、当初の予定を早めて六条天皇から憲仁親王に譲位させることで体制の安定を図った。
English: After recovering from the illness, Kiyomori built a cottage in Fukuharakyo and immersed himself in development of Itsukushima-jinja Shrine and expansion of trade with the Sung Dynasty of China as he had always wanted to.
Japanese: 病から回復した清盛は福原京に別荘を造営して、かねてからの念願だった厳島神社の整備・日宋貿易の拡大に没頭する。
English: In 1169, Goshirakawa entered the priesthood and became a cloistered emperor, and Kiyomori actively aligned himself with Goshirakawa by vowing to follow the precepts with him at Todai-ji Temple.
Japanese: 嘉応元年（1169年）後白河は出家して法皇となるが、清盛は後白河とともに東大寺で受戒して協調につとめた。
English: Around this time, Goshirakawa visited Fukuhara to meet people from the Sung Dynasty, Kiyomori's daughter Tokuko was married off to Takakura, and Goshirakawa and Kiyomori performed senso-kuyo (a memorial service conducted by one thousand priests) in Fukuhara; therefore, they had a good relationship.
Japanese: この頃は、後白河が福原を訪れ宋人に面会、清盛の娘・徳子が高倉に入内、福原で後白河と清盛が千僧供養を行うなど両者の関係は友好的に推移していた。
English: This was the most prosperous time for the Taira clan, as they dominated all important official posts, owned over 500 manors across the country, and gained huge profits from promoting Japan-Sung trade, and this led TAIRA no Tokitada to comment 'only members of the Taira clan should be considered legitimate human beings.'
Japanese: この間、平氏一門は隆盛を極め、一族で主要官位を独占し、全国に500余りの荘園を保有し、日宋貿易を推進して莫大な財貨を手にし、平時忠をして「平氏にあらざれば人にあらず」といわしめた。
English: Some in the cloister government, such as Goshirakawa, started to feel displeased about the expanding power of Kiyomori, and after the death of Kenshunmon-in, Kiyomori expanded his power, and conflict with Kiyomori gradually escalated.
Japanese: ところが、この清盛の勢力の伸張に対して、後白河をはじめとする院政勢力は不快を感じるようになり、建春門院の死を契機に次第に清盛と対立を深めていく。
English: The occurrence of incident was revealed by the betrayal of Yukitsuna TADA, and this made Kiyomori plan to remove vassals of the Cloistered Emperor in the cloister government.
Japanese: これは多田行綱の密告で露見したが、これを契機に清盛は院政における院近臣の排除を図る。
English: As a result, FUJIWARA no Moromitsu (Saiko) was executed, FUJIWARA no Narichika was deported to Bizen no kuni (Bizen Province) (where he did not received any food and was killed on July 9), and Shunkan and others were deported to Kikaiga-shima Island.
Japanese: 藤原師光（西光）は処刑とし、藤原成親は備前国へ流罪（7月9日に食物を与えられず殺害される）俊寛らは鬼界ヶ島に流罪に処した。
English: After the death of Moriko, the Cloistered Emperor immediately seized Moriko's manors without consulting Kiyomori.
Japanese: ところが盛子が死去すると、法皇は直ちに盛子の荘園を清盛と相談もせずに没収するにいたった。
English: While Kiyomori was openly disappointed, as soon as Shigemori died, Goshirakawa again seized Echizen no kuni (Echizen Province) that Shigemori had been in charge of, without consulting Kiyomori.
Japanese: これには清盛もさすがに落胆の色を隠せなかったが、後白河は重盛の死去と同時に、またも清盛に何の相談もなく重盛の知行国であった越前国を没収してしまった。
English: Furthermore, the Cloistered Emperor appointed 8-year-old Moroie MATSUDONO Gon-chunagon (Deputy Middle Counselor) instead of 20-year-old Motomichi (whose wife was Kiyomori's daughter, Hiroko).
Japanese: さらに、法皇は20歳の基通（室は清盛女・寛子）をさしおいて、8歳の松殿師家を権中納言に任じた。
English: As a result of this appointment, it became clear that the Matsudono family would succeed the sekkan family post.
Japanese: この人事によって摂関家嫡流の地位を松殿家が継承することが明白となった。
English: Kiyomori, finally becoming furious about Goshirakawa's moves that had ignored him, led an army from Fukuharakyo (currently Kobe City) to the capital on December 21, and started a coup on the next day.
Japanese: 清盛はこの後白河の自分を無視する施策に遂に激怒し、11月14日、福原京（現在の神戸市）から軍勢を率いて自ら上洛し、翌15日にクーデターを決行した。
English: This was the so-called Jisho-sannen no seihen (the Coup in 1179: the third year of the Jisho era); Kiyomori fired all 39 court nobles and Imperial vassals who were considered to be anti-Taira clan, including kanpaku Motofusa, Gon-chunagon Moroie, and FUJIWARA no Moronaga (8 aristocrats and a total of 31 tenjo-bito (high-ranking courtiers allowed into the Imperial Palace), zuryu (a provincial governor), and kebiishi (police and judicial chiefs) and replaced them with court nobles who were pro-Taira clan.
Japanese: いわゆる治承三年の政変であるが、清盛は関白・基房、権中納言・師家を手始めに、藤原師長など反平氏的とされた39名に及ぶ公卿・院近臣（貴族8名、殿上人・受領・検非違使など31名）を全て解任とし、代わって親平氏的な公家を任官するにいたったのである。
English: Goshirakawa was afraid of Kiyomori's move and therefore asked to be forgiven, but Kiyomori never forgave him and confined him in the Toba-dono palace on December 27.
Japanese: これに対して後白河は恐れを覚えて清盛に許しを請うが、清盛はこれを許さず、11月20日には鳥羽殿に幽閉するにいたった。
English: This coup was triggered by Goshirakawa's challenging behavior, and therefore, there was no firm vision for the new administration after the termination of the cloister government.
Japanese: このクーデターは発端が後白河の挑発であったため、院政停止後の政権構想がしっかりと準備されていなかった。
English: Emperor Takakura, Motomichi KONOE, and TAIRA no Munemori were all inexperienced in politics; therefore, Kiyomori had to play the central role in the political scene.
Japanese: 高倉天皇・近衛基通・平宗盛の三人はいずれも政治的経験が未熟であり、結局は清盛が表に出てこざるを得なかった。
English: Kiyomori attempted to unite the clan by releasing TAIRA no Yorimori and Masakane KAZANIN from dismissal and also tried to conciliate with Sa-daijin (Minister of the Left) Tsunemune and U-daijin (Minister of the Right) Kanesada KUJO, who were powerful members of the Fujiwara clan, in order to assist Motomichi.
Japanese: 清盛は、解官していた平頼盛・花山院兼雅の処分を解除するなど一門の結束につとめ、基通の補佐のため藤原氏の有力者である左大臣・経宗、右大臣・九条兼実の懐柔を図った。
English: As for the actual political affairs, nori (capable officials) such as TAIRA no Tokitada, FUJIWARA no Michisue, and Michichika TSUCHIMIKADO served as Kiyomori's spokespersons.
Japanese: 実際の政務に関しては、平時忠・藤原隆季・土御門通親などの能吏が清盛の代弁者となった。
English: In March, 1180, Emperor Takakura abdicated the throne to Imperial Prince Tokihito (Emperor Antoku).
Japanese: 治承4年（1180年）2月、高倉天皇が譲位、言仁親王が践祚した（安徳天皇）。
English: Although the administration officially was the cloister government led by the retired Emperor Takakura, it was clear to everyone that it really was a puppet government run by the Taira clan.
Japanese: 名目上は高倉上皇の院政だったが、平氏の傀儡政権であることは誰の目にも明らかだった。
English: Furthermore, the Taira clan's confinement of the Cloistered Emperor and seizure of political power resulted in generation of strong anti-Taira clan power.
Japanese: さらに、法皇を幽閉して政治の実権を握ったことは多くの反平氏勢力を生み出すことになる。
English: The first wave of resistance against the Taira clan's tyranny was the rise of an army led by Prince Mochihito, who was the second son of Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa.
Japanese: 平氏の専横に対して反抗の第一波となったのは、後白河法皇の第2皇子以仁王の挙兵だった。
English: Although Prince Mochihito was a capable individual, he could not be raised to Imperial Prince because of the pressure imposed by Kenshunmon-in; therefore, he became a child of Hachijo-in and was watching for an opportunity to ascend the throne.
Japanese: 以仁王は優秀であったが建春門院の圧力で親王宣下も受けられず、八条院の猶子となって即位の機会を伺っていた。
English: The forces directly under Hachijo-in's control, including MINAMOTO no Yorimasa, Yukiyoshi SIMOKOBE, MINAMOTO no Yoshikiyo (Yata Hogan-dai), and MINAMOTO no Nakaie, supported Prince Mochihito, and the anti-Taira clan temples such as Kofuku-ji Temple and Onjo-ji Temple (Mitsui-dera Temple) aligned themselves with them.
Japanese: 以仁王には、八条院直属の武力ともいえる源頼政・下河辺行義・源義清(矢田判官代)・源仲家などが付き従い、平氏に反発する興福寺・園城寺（三井寺）もこの動きに同調した。
English: However, their rebellion plan was discovered before being executed, and Kiyomori quickly ordered two Kebiishi, FUJIWARA no Kagetaka and FUJIWARA no Tadatsuna, to lead over 300 soldiers to chase and kill Prince Mochihito and MINAMOTO no Yorimasa.
Japanese: しかし計画は未然に発覚、清盛の手早い対策により検非違使の藤原景高・藤原忠綱が300あまりの兵で追撃して、以仁王と源頼政らを討ち取った。
English: However, temples also started to show an anti-Taira clan trend even at Enryaku-ji Temple, which was in the same Tendai sect as Onjo-ji Temple and was a pro-Taira clan, and this created a situation where Kiyomori was surrounded by powerful temples, and he therefore abandoned Kyoto, which was geographically disadvantageous to the Taira clan.
Japanese: しかし寺社勢力、特に園城寺と同じ天台宗で親平氏の延暦寺でも反平氏勢力の動きがあり、清盛は有力寺社に囲まれ平氏にとって地勢的に不利な京都を放棄。
English: In July, 1180, overriding resistance from the clan, Kiyomori visited Fukuhara in Fukuharakyo in an attempt to relocate the capital to a place where the base of the Taira clan, which was an international trading port, Owada no tomari, (Owada port, currently in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture), could be overlooked.
Japanese: 治承4年（1180年）6月、一門の反対を押し切り、平氏の拠点である国際貿易港の大輪田泊（現在の兵庫県神戸市）を望む地への遷都を目指して福原京福原行幸を強行する。
English: Meanwhile, however, a written order issued by Prince Mochihito was communicated across the country, and in August, MINAMOTO no Yoritomo, who had been deported to Izu, and Kai-Genji (Minamoto clan) raised an army around the same time.
Japanese: しかし以仁王の令旨が全国各地に飛び火して、8月には伊豆に流されていた源頼朝、それとほぼ同時期に甲斐源氏が挙兵する。
English: In response to this, Kiyomori dispatched a large army to Kanto with his legitimate grandchild TAIRA no Koremori as the commander-in-chief to stop expansion of Yoritomo's power, but the army retreated without fighting in the Battle of Fuji-gawa River.
Japanese: これに対して清盛は頼朝らの勢力拡大を防ぐため、嫡孫の平維盛を総大将とした大軍を関東に派遣したが、富士川の戦いでは交戦をせずに撤退してしまった。
English: Triggered by this lost battle, temples, in particular those that had supported the rebellion by Prince Mochihito, such as Onjo-ji Temple and Kofuku-ji Temple, started to show disquieting moves.
Japanese: この敗戦を契機として寺社勢力、特に以仁王の反乱に協力的であった園城寺・興福寺が不穏な動きを見せ始める。
English: Furthermore, Omi Genji (Minamoto clan) allied with those from Onjo-ji and Enryaku-ji Temples who were anti-Taira clan to occupy Biwa-ko Lake which was the logistics hub, and the resistance finally grew to the point where they took control of the old capital.
Japanese: さらに、近江源氏が蜂起し園城寺・延暦寺の反平氏分子と提携して、物流の要所・琵琶湖を占拠し、反乱勢力は旧都を攻め落とす勢いにまで成長した。
English: In addition, a rebellion broke out in Kyushu-Tsukushi, and demands for not relocating the capital increased from the Takakura family, Court nobles, the Taira clan, and the Enryaku-ji Temple, and as a result, on November 23, Kiyomori returned to Kyoto.
Japanese: また、九州筑紫でも反乱が勃発、高倉や公家衆、さらに平氏一門や延暦寺からも遷都を望まない声が高まり、11月23日、清盛は京都に帰還するにいたった。
English: In December, Kiyomori dispatched an army with Tomomori as the commander-in-chief to burn down Onjo-ji Temple, defeated Yoshitsune YAMAMOTO and Yoshikane KASHIWAGI, and successfully stabilized the Omi region.
Japanese: 12月になると清盛は、知盛を総大将とした軍勢を差し向けて園城寺を焼き払い、近江源氏の山本義経・柏木義兼を打ち破って、近江の平定に成功する。
English: He determined to purge all the underlying threats prior to suppressing the rebellion, and therefore dispatched a large army with Shigehira as the commander-in-chief to Nara.
Japanese: 清盛は反乱鎮圧の前に背後の脅威を一掃することを決意して、重衡を総大将とした大軍を奈良に派遣した。
English: This certainly suppressed the anti-Taira clan force around the capital, but Kiyomori was disgraced as being Buddha's enemy.
Japanese: 確かにこれにより都周辺の反平氏勢力の動きは鎮静化したが、南都焼き討ちは清盛に仏敵の汚名を着せるにいたってしまった。
English: In Sai-goku, which was the base of the Taira clan force, Michikiyo and Michinobu KONO, a father and a son in Iyo no kuni (Iyo Province), raised an army by 1180, and in Bungo no kuni (Bungo Province), powerful families such as Koreyoshi OGATA, Koretaka USUKI, and Korenori SAGA raised an army in 1181, and furthermore, there was a rebellion in Iseshima.
Japanese: 治承4年末までには（1180年）、平氏の勢力基盤である西国においても伊予国の河野通清・河野通信父子、翌治承5年1181年には豊後国の緒方惟能・臼杵惟隆・佐賀惟憲ら豪族が挙兵し、伊勢志摩においても反乱の動きがあった。
English: In To-goku (Eastern Japan), too, the Satake clan, which was on the said of the Taira clan, was subjugated by Yoritomo, and the rebellion was growing serious.
Japanese: さらに東国においても平氏方であった佐竹氏などが頼朝によって討伐されるなど、反乱がいよいよ深刻化してくる。
English: Under these circumstances, Kiyomori attempted to establish a new political system with its administrative center in Kyoto, created the sokan-shoku (controller) post to control Kinai and Kingoku (provinces surrounding the Kinai provinces), and appointed Munemori to be a shokan.
Japanese: このような中で、清盛は京都を中心に新体制を築こうと、畿内近国の惣官職を置いて宗盛を任じた。
English: This appointment was to follow the example of Imperial Prince Niitabe, who in 731 had been given Heiba no ken (the right of supreme military power) over Kyoto and Kinai, and Kiyomori prepared for war by imposing forced military service and provisions in the Kinai and Kingoku provinces.
Japanese: 天平3年（731年）に京・畿内を対象に兵馬の権を与えられた新田部（にいたべ）親王の例に倣ったものであり、畿内近国に兵士役と兵糧米を課して臨戦体制を築いた。
English: Furthermore, he issued a written order to Sukenaga JO, who was in Echigo no kuni (Echigo Province), and FUJIWARA no Hidehira, who was a chinju-fu shogun (a general at a naval station), to hunt down and kill MINAMOTO no Yoritomo and MINAMOTO no Nobuyoshi.
Japanese: さらに越後国の城資永、鎮守府将軍・藤原秀衡に源頼朝・源信義追討の宣旨を与えている。
English: Decisions were made on April 11 that Shigehira's departure from the capital to control the west would be cancelled and that the clan warriors led by Munemori would go to hunt down and kill the enemies, but Kiyomori came down with a febrile disease on the 12th.
Japanese: 2月26日には重衡の鎮西下向を中止し、宗盛以下一族の武士が東国追討に向かう事が決められていたが、清盛は27日に熱病に倒れた。
English: Knowing that the end of his life was approaching, Kiyomori reported to the Cloistered Emperor that Munemori would take over whatever was left after his death and therefore requested him to cooperate with Munemori to carry out political affairs, but since there was no reply from the Cloistered Emperor, Kiyomori held a grudge and left word to 'leave all the state affairs to Munemori and never disagree with him,' and finally died in the residence of TAIRA no Morikuni in Kujo-kawaraguchi on February 4 (leap day).
Japanese: 死期を悟った清盛は、自分の死後はすべて宗盛に任せてあるので、宗盛と協力して政務を行うよう法皇に奏上したが、返答がなかったため、恨みを残して「天下の事は宗盛に任せ、異論あるべからず」と言い残し、閏2月4日に九条河原口の平盛国の屋敷で死去した。
English: According to the record of his medical condition, it seems that he developed malaria, which was an endemic disease that was spreading after coming to Japan, probably from China.
Japanese: 病状の記録から、恐らくは大陸から伝来して流行していた風土病であるマラリアに罹ったものと思われる。
English: Due to Kiyomori's death, the plan of the Taira clan to establish a new political system was never executed.
Japanese: 清盛の死により、平氏の新体制作りは計画倒れに終わってしまうのである。
English: According to "Heike Monogatari," as he was dying, Kiyomori left a will saying that, 'I do not need a funeral. Instead, place the head of Yoritomo on my tomb.'
Japanese: なお、『平家物語』では清盛が死に臨んで「葬儀などは無用。頼朝の首を我が墓前に供えよ」と遺言を残したとしている。
English: This kind of will would make no sense in terms of the mentality of warriors of the late Heian period, and it is therefore considered that it may have been created in later years.
Japanese: これは平安時代末期の武士の感覚からはありえない遺言であり、後年の創作であるとも言われている。
English: According to "Gyokuyo" (A diary of Kanemasa KUJO), when Yoritomo secretly proposed to the government he would reconcile with the Taira clan on September 10 of the year that Kiyomori died, Munemori rejected that proposal citing Kiyomori's will that 'even the very last surviving child or grandchild should not die before Yoritomo,' suggesting that it was true that Kiyomori had strong hatred against Yoritomo.
Japanese: 『玉葉』によると、死去した年の8月1日、頼朝が密かに院に平氏との和睦を申し入れると、宗盛は清盛の遺言として「我の子、孫は一人生き残る者といえども、骸を頼朝の前に晒すべし」と述べてこれを拒否している事から、頼朝への激しい憎悪があった事は事実と思われる。
English: Since Kiyomori's legitimate first son, Shigemori, had already died of illness and his second son, Motomori, had also died young, after Kiyomori's death, Kiyomori's third son, Munemori, became the head of the Taira clan; however, he was an ordinary person and was not as capable as Kiyomori, and he therefore could not control rebellions that occurred across the country and was always swayed by eccentric ideas of Goshirakawa, allowing the cloister government to regain power, and as a result, the Taira clan was gradually driven into a corner.
Japanese: 清盛の死後、嫡男の重盛はすでに病死し、次男の基盛も早世していたため、平氏の棟梁の座は三男の宗盛が継いだが、凡庸な宗盛は清盛のような器量もなく、全国各地で相次ぐ反乱に対処できず、後白河の奇謀に翻弄され院政勢力も勢力を盛り返すなど、平氏は次第に追いつめられていった。
English: Furthermore, there were multiple adverse conditions concurrently in effect, including the Yowa Famine, and when the Taira clan army was completely defeated in the Battle of Kurikaratoge in 1183, the clan was exiled from the capital without being able to do anything about the attack by MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka.
Japanese: しかも折からの飢饉（養和の大飢饉）という悪条件なども重なって、寿永2年（1183年）、倶利伽羅峠の戦いで平氏軍が壊滅した後、源義仲の攻勢の前に成す術無く都落ちする。
English: Although TAIRA no Kiyomori was widely understood to be an upstart tyrant because he was portrayed as being atrocious, inhuman, and cold-hearted in "Heike Monogatari," some claim that Kiyomori actually was a gentle and compassionate person.
Japanese: 『平家物語』における悪虐、非道、非情の描写から、平清盛は古来成り上がり者の暴君、という評価が定着していたが、一方で実際の清盛の人物像は温厚で情け深いものだったともいわれている。