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Definitions of taira in various dictionaries:

noun - long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America

TAIRA - Taira clan (, Hei-shi) was a major Japanese clan of samurai. In reference to Japanese history, along with Minamoto, Taira was a hereditary clan name ...

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Japanese city, now called Iwaki
Musteline mammal

Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles
Aug 20 2012 Canadiana
Jan 24 2007 Universal

Geographic Matches
Taira, Shizuoka, JAPAN
Taira, Kagoshima, JAPAN
Taira, Nagano, JAPAN
Taira, Gifu, JAPAN
Taira, Fukushima, JAPAN
Taira, Nagasaki, JAPAN
Taira, Okinawa, JAPAN
Taira, Miyagi, JAPAN
Taira, Kyoto, JAPAN

Taira description
Taira clan (, Hei-shi) was a major Japanese clan of samurai. * In reference to Japanese history, along with Minamoto, Taira was a hereditary clan name bestowed by the emperors of the Heian period to certain ex-members of the imperial family when they became subjects. The Taira clan is often referred to as Heishi (, "Taira clan") or Heike (, "House of Taira"), using the character's Chinese reading hei. * Offshoots of the imperial dynasty, some grandsons of Emperor Kanmu were first given the name Taira in 825 or later. Afterwards, descendants of Emperor Ninmy, Emperor Montoku, and Emperor Kk were also given the surname. The specific hereditary lines from these emperors are referred to by the emperor's posthumous name followed by Heishi, e.g. Kanmu Heishi. * The Taira were one of the four important clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian period (7941185) the others were the Fujiwara clan, the Tachibana clan and the Minamoto clan. * The Kanmu Heishi line, founded in 889 by Taira

Taira description

Taira clan (, Hei-shi) was a major Japanese clan of samurai.
* In reference to Japanese history, along with Minamoto, Taira was a hereditary clan name bestowed by the emperors of the Heian period to certain ex-members of the imperial family when they became subjects. The Taira clan is often referred to as Heishi (, "Taira clan") or Heike (, "House of Taira"), using the character's Chinese reading hei.
* Offshoots of the imperial dynasty, some grandsons of Emperor Kanmu were first given the name Taira in 825 or later. Afterwards, descendants of Emperor Ninmy, Emperor Montoku, and Emperor Kk were also given the surname. The specific hereditary lines from these emperors are referred to by the emperor's posthumous name followed by Heishi, e.g. Kanmu Heishi.
* The Taira were one of the four important clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian period (7941185) the others were the Fujiwara clan, the Tachibana clan and the Minamoto clan.
* The Kanmu Heishi line, founded in 889 by Taira

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