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Characters in Heike Monogatari

Below a table with all characters of the Heike Monogatari. Titles and/or offices (if available) and section occurrences are also included. Characters are sorted alphabetically according to romanized name.

Heike/Taira affiliated Genji/Minamoto affiliated Imperial family
Name (Japanese) Name (Romanized) Title(s)/Office(s) Section occurrences (McCullough, 1988)
祇女 Ginyo 1.6
祇王 Giō 1.6
佛御前 Hotoke-gozen 1.6
建礼門院 Kenreimon-in (see Taira no Tokuko) 建礼門院 (Kenreimon-in) 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
平 清盛 Taira no Kiyomori 平朝臣 (Taira-no-Ason), 安芸守 (Aki-no-Kami), 播磨守 (Harima-no-Kami), (Dazai-no-dai-ni), 太政大臣 (Dajō-daijin), 太政入道 (Dajō-Nyudo) 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6
近衛天皇 Konoe (Emperor) 1.7
平 維盛 Taira no Koremori 1.5
平 正盛 Taira no Masamori 讃岐守 (Sanuki-no-Kami) 1.1
平 宗盛 Taira no Munemori 1.5
平 教経 Taira no Noritsune
源 範頼 Minamoto no Noriyori
藤原 信頼 Fujiwara no Nobuyori 1.1
平 重衡 Taira no Shigehira
平 重盛 Taira no Shigemori 1.5
平 忠盛 Taira no Tadamori 平朝臣 (Taira-no-Ason), 備前守 (Bizen-no-Kami), 但馬守 (Tajima-no-Kami), 丹波守 (Tamba-no-Kami) 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
源 為義 Minamoto no Tameyoshi 1.7
平 時忠 Tokitada 平大納言 (Taira Dainagon) 1.4
平 徳子 Taira no Tokuko 建礼門院 (Kenreimon-in) 1.5
鳥羽天皇 Toba (Emperor) 1.2, 1.3, 1.7
平知盛 Taira no Tomomori 1.5
源 頼政 Minamoto no Yorimasa
源 頼朝 Minamoto no Yoritomo
木曽 義仲 Kiso no Yoshinaka see Minamoto no Yoshinaka
源 義仲 Minamoto no Yoshinaka
源 義朝 Minamoto no Yoshitomo 1.7
源 義経 Minamoto no Yoshitsune
源 行家 Minamoto no Yukiie