[Faction Discussion] Taira Clan

[Augustus Lucifer]

Taira Clan

This thread can be used for non-team members to discuss the Taira Clan faction. Research, ideas, and imagery for the team to use in our development of the faction are appreciated. This post will contain more information about this faction and their inclusion within the mod in the future.

Note: Please do not include Osprey images in this thread, as it is against the policy of TWC to allow copyrighted material to be posted, especially Osprey Publications.

Regards,
AUH Team

[Durruti1936]

The Taira alliance used red hata-jirushi banners as opposed to the Minamoto's white. Occasionally these are depicted with
the butterfly emblem associated with the Taira clan or emblems belonging to other clans allied to the Taira. Often they are
shown as plain red or just have black horizontal bars near the top.

From Carl Sagan's "Cosmos":




Also frequently found on 12th/13th century banners are Kanji slogans - usually invocations to war gods. In the Hudaraku-ji temple in Kamakura there is a fragment of a Taira banner captured at the battle of Dan-no-ura in 1185 which bears the slogan "98,000 War Gods" reputed to have been written by Taira Kiyomori himself:

[Wundai]

Brings back Memories of Shiké