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Taira no KiyomoriTaira no Kiyomori

Also known as: 平清盛

A late-Heian warrior-statesman who rebuilt Owada-no-tomari to promote trade with Song China and in 1180 moved the capital to Fukuhara, in today's Hyogo Ward of Kobe.

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