anti-taira

Updated: July 12, 2026

The regent who suffered by this arbitrary procedure was Fujiwara Motofusa, the same noble whom, a few years later, Kiyomori caused to be dragged from his car and docked of his queue because Motofusa had insisted on due observance of etiquette by Kiyomori's grandson. Naturally, Motofusa was ready to join hands with Go-Shirakawa in any anti-Taira procedure.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era