Taira no Yoshifumi

Taira no Yoshifumi (886–953), fifth son of Taira no Takamochi, was born in Kyoto. He did not go east with his father in 898, but in 923 Emperor Daigo sent him to suppress bandits in Sagami, and he settled in the Kantō.

In 939 he was made chinjufu general, and the next year brought the capital the first report of Taira no Masakado's defeat and death. Known as Muraoka Gorō after his stronghold, he is regarded as ancestor of the eight Taira clans of Bandō.