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==== The first attempt to establish a warrior class government ====
{{Further|Taira no Masakado}}
[[File:Taira no Masakado 01.jpg|thumb|left|[[Taira no Masakado]]'s rebellion is historically significant as the first rebellion of the warrior class and the first attempt of the warrior class to establish a government.<ref name="shogaku081122"/>]]
[[Taira no Masakado]], who rose to prominence in the early 10th century, was the first of the local warrior class to revolt against the imperial court.<ref name="shogaku081122">{{cite web|url=https://hugkum.sho.jp/410659|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313200531/https://hugkum.sho.jp/410659#i-3|script-title=ja:平将門の乱は何が原因？ 平将門の生涯や、事件の背景、その後の影響を解説|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=8 November 2022|archive-date=13 March 2024|access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref> He had served [[Fujiwara no Tadahira]] as a young man, but eventually won a power struggle within the [[Taira clan]] and became a powerful figure in the [[Kanto region]]. In 939, [[:ja:藤原玄明|Fujiwara no Haruaki]], a powerful figure in the [[Hitachi province]], fled to Masakado. He was wanted for tyranny by [[Fujiwara no Korechika]], a {{nihongo3|imperial court official|国司|[[Kokushi (official)|Kokushi]]}} who oversaw the province of Hitachi province, and Fujiwara no Korechika demanded that Masakado hand over Fujiwara no Haruaki. Masakado refused, and war broke out between Masakado and Fujiwara no Korechika, with Masakado becoming an enemy of the imperial court. Masakado proclaimed that the Kanto region under his rule was independent of the imperial court and called himself the {{nihongo3|New Emperor|新皇| Shinnō}}. In response, the imperial court sent a large army led by [[Taira no Sadamori]] to kill Masakado. As a result, Masakado was killed in battle in February 940. He is still revered as one of the three great {{nihongo3|vengeful spirits|怨霊|[[onryō]]}} of Japan.<ref name="shogaku081122"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.touken-world.jp/history/history-important-word/taira-no-masakado/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314210347/https://www.touken-world.jp/history/history-important-word/taira-no-masakado/|script-title=ja:平将門|language=ja|publisher=The Nagoya Japanese Sword Museum Nagoya Touken World|date=|archive-date=14 March 2024|access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref>