Please answer the following question: Information: - 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". - 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 - Minamoto no Noriyori ( , 1156 -- September 14 , 1193 ) was a late Heian period general , who fought alongside his brothers Minamoto no Yoritomo and Minamoto no Yoshitsune at a number of battles of the Genpei War . The sixth son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo . He and his two brother were spared by Taira no Kiyomori , in 1160 following Yoshitomo 's death , after their mother Tokiwa became Kiyomori 's concubine . He seemingly disappears from any record until 1180 , when he served his brother Yoritomo in Kamakura . Beginning in 1184 , four years into the war , he was sent out from Kamakura by Yoritomo , and made his way to the Taira strongholds of Shikoku . Noriyori helped defeat the wayward Minamoto no Yoshinaka at the Second Battle of the Uji and the Awazu , before moving on to play a central role in the Battle of Ichi - no - Tani . The Taira were pushed back , and the war fell into a lull for about six months , during which Noriyori returned to Kyoto . Noriyori was sent out once more in Sept. 1184 , to secure the provinces of the Chgoku region , and then to move on into Kysh . He played a major role in the Battle of Kojima . However , attempting to push further , he ran into difficulties of a lack of supplies , and the fact that the Inland Sea was controlled by his enemies . He wrote to his brother in Kamakura , and was told that supplies were on the way , but that the Taira were watching , so any shipments had to be done very carefully . Noriyori finally managed to get rice , other supplies , and a handful of war junks from a magnate in Suo Province . He moved on into Kysh , as planned , and remained there , playing no role in the decisive Battle of Dan - no - ura . After the Genpei War was over , Noriyori returned to Kamakura , where he was rewarded by Yoritomo for his services . However , there was now a feud for dominance of the clan between Yoritomo and Yoshitsune . Yoritomo ordered Noriyori to arrest their brother ; after trying to talk Yoritomo out of it , Noriyori simply disobeyed outright . In May 1193 ,... After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'minamoto no noriyori' exhibits the relationship of 'occupation'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - emperor - religion - religious - samurai
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samurai