Her father, Kiyomori won the Hogen War and the Heiji War, and he had strong political power inside the Imperial Palace, although he was a Samurai, he formed the base of the Taira clan.
父の清盛は保元の乱、平治の乱に勝利して、武家ながら朝廷内で大きな力を持つようになり、平氏政権を形成する。