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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 .
Yoshitsune was the ninth son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, and the third and final son and child that Yoshitomo would father with Tokiwa Gozen. [2] Yoshitsune's older half-brother Minamoto no Yoritomo (the third son of Yoshitomo) would go on to establish the Kamakura shogunate. Yoshitsune's name in childhood was Ushiwakamaru or young bull (牛若丸).
Yoritomo was the son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo and belonged to Seiwa Genji's prestigious Kawachi Genji family. After successfully maneuvering himself to the position of rightful heir of the Minamoto clan, he led his clan against the Taira from his capital in Kamakura, beginning the Genpei War in 1180.
During the Heiji Disturbance (1160), the head of the Seiwa Genji, Minamoto no Yoshitomo, died in battle. [9]: 256–258 Taira no Kiyomori seized power in Kyoto by forging an alliance with the retired emperors Go-Shirakawa and Toba and infiltrating the kuge.
Minamoto no Yoshitomo, first son of Minamoto no Tameyoshi, and Taira no Kiyomori, head of the Taira clan and nephew of Taira no Tadamasa, sided with Go-Shirakawa and Tadamichi. [ 6 ] July 28, 1156 ( Hōgen 1, 10th day of the 7th month ): Both forces faced each other in Kyōto .
Minamoto no Mitsunaka (912–997) Minamoto no Yorinobu (968–1048) Minamoto no Yoriyoshi (988–1075) Minamoto no Yoshiie (1039–1106) Minamoto no Tameyoshi (1096–1156) Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1123–1160) I. Minamoto no Yoritomo, 1st Kamakura shōgun (1147–1199; r. 1192–1199) II. Minamoto no Yoriie, 2nd Kamakura shōgun (1182–1204; r ...
Minamoto no Yoshitomo (源 義朝, 1123 – 1160), Japanese general of the late Heian period and head of the Minamoto clan; Minamoto no Tametomo (源 為朝, 1139 – 1170), Japanese samurai who fought in the Hōgen Rebellion of 1156; Minamoto no Yukiie (源 行家, c. 1141~1143 – 1186), brother of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, and commanders in the ...
Minamoto no Yoshitsune was one of the most important samurai warriors living at the end of the Heian era in 12th century Japan. He led his warriors to victory over the Taira for his half brother Minamoto no Yoritomo in the Genpei wars, and helped to bring about the creation of Japan's first bakufu, or tent government in Kamakura, just south of the little-known fishing village of Edo on the ...