Keigo Hogetsu
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LOCATION: Mitaka-shi, Japan
Honorary Professor of Literature, University of Tokyo. Author of Nihon shi gairon and others.
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Taira Family, Japanese samurai (warrior) clan of great power and influence in the 12th century. The genealogy and history of the family have been traced in detail from 825, when the name Taira was given to Prince Takamune, grandson of Kammu (the 50th emperor of Japan). From about 1156 to 1185, the…
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