The Pirate King

After the death of Taira Masakado, the court still had to deal with a rebel in the west named Fujiwara Sumitomo. Originally a provincial bureaucrat, Sumitomo abandoned the life of a noble and embraced the life of a pirate king.

For a portrait of Sumitomo as well as maps detailing the inland sea, check out the supplemental post!

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