Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源 義経, c. 1159 – June 15, 1189) was a commander of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. During...
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sons were Minamoto no Noriyori and Minamoto no Yoshitsune. Father: Minamoto no Tameyoshi (源為義, 1096–1156) Mother: Daughter of Fujiwara no Tadakiyo (藤原忠清の娘)...
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stepmother but was exiled. Yoritomo's brothers, Minamoto no Noriyori and Minamoto no Yoshitsune were also allowed to live. Yoritomo grew up in exile. He married...
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warrior. He later came to respect and serve the famous warrior Minamoto no Yoshitsune, also known as Ushiwakamaru. He is commonly depicted as a man of...
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his brothers Minamoto no Yoritomo and Minamoto no Yoshitsune at a number of battles of the Genpei War. He was the sixth son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo. As...
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Genpei War (redirect from Jishō-Juei no ran)
1184, set fire to the Hōjūjidono, taking the Emperor into custody. Minamoto no Yoshitsune arrived soon afterwards with his brother Noriyori and a considerable...
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official page of Shimonoseki City), the fleet of the Minamoto clan (Genji), led by Minamoto no Yoshitsune, defeated the fleet of the Taira clan (Heike). The...
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sons that were spared, Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Minamoto no Noriyori were sent to monasteries, while his eldest son, Minamoto no Yoritomo, only 13 years...
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Yoshitsune may refer to: Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159–1189) Gikeiki, a Japanese chronicle, sometimes known in English by Helen Craig McCullough's translated...
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The Tale of the Heike (redirect from Feiqe no monogatari)
Minamoto no Yoritomo's distrust of Minamoto no Yoshitsune grows. Yoritomo sends an assassin to kill Yoshitsune (fails). Then, Yoritomo kills Minamoto...
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