Taikwa see Daika
Tai Peh, Chinese prince, exile to Japan (800 B.C.); Imperial descent from
Taira, family, descended from Prince Katsurabara, generals of Imperial guards; called Heike; manors and armed forces; lose estates; quarrel with Minamoto; revolt against Fujiwara; provincial branches; treatment of priests, the Gen-pei epoch, struggle with Minamoto; genealology; in Heiji tumult crush Minamoto; hold most important offices; Yorimasa conspiracy against; defeated by Minamoto
—Atsumori (1169-84), killed at Ichi-no-tani
—Chikafusa, provincial governor
—Hirotsune, favours Yoritomo
—Kanetaka, lieutenant governor of Izu; is killed by Tokimasa
—Kiyomori (1118-81), wins manors; treatment of priests; crushes Minamoto; supports Go-Shirakawa; alliance with Shinzei; lessens power of Fujiwara; supreme; arbitrary rule; crushes Yorimasa conspiracy; death
—Korehira, founder of Ise-Heishi
—Koremochi, founder of branches of Taira