Taira no Masakado

Taira no Masakado
Taira no Masakado
平将門
	Portrait of Masakado formerly kept at Tsukudo Shrine (築土神社) in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The original painting was destroyed in 1945.
Born	Unknown; c. early 900s?
Died	14th day of the 2nd month, Tengyō 3 (March 25, 940); Shimōsa Province (modern Bandō, Ibaraki Prefecture)
Resting place	Masakado-zuka, Ōtemachi, Tokyo (head) ; Enmei-in, Bandō, Ibaraki (body)
Other names	Taira no Kojirō Masakado (平小次郎将門); Sōma no Kojirō (相馬小次郎)
Known for	Rebelling against the central government
Children	Yoshikado; Masakuni; Haruhime (Nyoshun-ni); Nyozō-ni (Jizō-ni); Satsukihime (Takiyashahime)
Parents	Taira no Yoshimasa / Yoshimochi (father); Agata Inukai no Harue's daughter (mother);

Taira no Masakado (平将門, died March 25, 940) was a Heian period provincial magnate (gōzoku) and samurai based in eastern Japan, notable for leading the first recorded uprising against the central government in Kyōto.^[1] Along with Sugawara no Michizane and Emperor Sutoku, he is often called one of the “Three Great Onryō of Japan [ja].”.^[2]

^ Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric et al. (2005). "Taira no Masakado" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 926., p. 926, at Google Books.
^ 山田雄司 (2014). 妖怪とは何か菅原道真・平将門・崇徳院 [What is a youkai? Sugawara no Michizane, Taira no Masakado, Sutokuin]. 中公新書. 中央公論新社. pp. i–iii頁. ISBN 978-4-12-102281-3.