Taira no Sadamori

Taira no Sadamori (died 989) was a warrior of the Kammu Taira line and the legitimate son of Taira no Kunika. In 935 his father was killed in the rising of their cousin Taira no Masakado. Sadamori fought Masakado for years, once fleeing to the capital after defeat in Shinano, and in 940 joined Fujiwara no Hidesato to kill him at Kojima.

Rewarded, he later became Chinjufu shōgun and governor of Mutsu, and was called the Taira General. His son Korehira founded the Ise Taira branch.