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Nii-no-AmaNii no Ama

Also known as: 二位尼・Taira no Tokiko

The wife of Taira no Kiyomori and grandmother of Emperor Antoku, also known as Taira no Tokiko. The Tale of the Heike says that at Dannoura she held the young emperor, told him there was a capital beneath the waves, and entered the sea with him. She is honored at the Nanamori-zuka Mound of Akama Shrine.

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