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Yoritomo was the third son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, heir of the Minamoto (Seiwa Genji) clan, and his official wife, Yura-Gozen, daughter of Fujiwara no Suenori, High Priest of Atsuta Shrine and a member of the powerful Fujiwara clan.
Minamoto no Yoritomo being admitted to the house of Masako, daughter of Hojo Tokimasa (right).. Hōjō Masako (her real name is unknown, she was called Masako after her father's name Tokimasa by later researchers) [citation needed] was born in 1157, eldest child of Hōjō Tokimasa, leader of the influential Hōjō clan of Izu province, and his wife, Hōjō no Maki.
Hōjō Tokimasa helped Minamoto no Yoritomo, a son-in-law, defeat the forces of the Taira to become Japan's first shōgun. Hōjō Masako , Tokimasa's daughter, was married to Yoritomo. After the death of Yoritomo, Tokimasa appointed himself as shikken (regent) to the former shōgun' s young son, thus effectively transferring control of the ...
Yo Oizumi as Minamoto no Yoritomo, Masako's husband and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate. Masaki Suda as Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Yoritomo's younger brother; Sō Kaku as Benkei; Shizuka Ishibashi as Shizuka Gozen, Yoshitsune's mistress; Tōko Miura as Sato, Yoshitsune's wife; Daichi Kaneko as Minamoto no Yoriie, the second shogun
Hōjō Maki (北条 牧, 牧の方), also Hōjō no Maki, wife of Hōjō Tokimasa, the first Shikken of Japan, and mother of Hōjō Masako the wife of Shōgun Minamoto no Yoritomo Topics referred to by the same term
In 1199, Minamoto no Yoritomo died in an accident, leaving the Minamoto clan weakened. His young son Minamoto no Yoriie became the clan's formal leader, but true power passed to Yoritomo's wife Hōjō Masako who consequently worked to keep de facto control and strengthen her own family, the Hōjō clan.
Minamoto no Yoshitomo (源 義朝) (1123 – 11 February 1160) was the head of the Minamoto clan and a general of the late Heian period of Japanese history. His son Minamoto no Yoritomo became shōgun and founded the Kamakura shogunate , the first shogunate in the history of Japan .
820 years ago, in 1180, Minamoto no Yoritomo built his mansion here. Having consolidated his power, he ruled from this mansion, and his government was therefore called the Ōkura Bakufu. He was succeeded by his sons Yoriie and Sanetomo, and this place remained the seat of the government for 46 years until 1225, when his wife Hōjō Masako died.