Taira no Tadanori
Career. Tadanori was the governor of Satsuma and a general in the Genpei War. He was also a well versed poet and a student of the famous poet Fujiwara no Shunzei. Genpei War. Tadnori took part in the Battle of Fujigawa of the Genpei War. He also fought against Minamoto no Yoshinaka in the Battle of Kurikara. According to the "Tale of the Heike", before fleeing the capital after a loss to the Minamoto, he visited Fujiwara no Shunzei to deliver a "hundred or so" poems. Shunzei included one anonymously in the "Senzaishu". The poem read: Death . He died in the Battle of Ichi-no-Tani. His body was identified by a signed poem that was fastened to his quiver. The poem read: See also. Zeami Motokiyo – playwright who wrote the Noh play "Tadanori" which focuses on Tadanori's spirit and his desire to have his anonymous poem attributed.