Kamakura and Ashikaga shogunates following the Heian era. The Minamoto was one of the four great clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian period...

17th century. Yoritomo was the third son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, heir of the Minamoto (Seiwa Genji) clan, and his official wife, Yura-Gozen, daughter...

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...

Fujiwara clan along with his brother Yorinobu, taking the violent measures the Fujiwara were themselves unable to take. He is one of the earliest Minamoto of...

of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji) through the Matsudaira clan. The early history of the clan remains a mystery. Nominally, the Matsudaira clan is said...

four most important clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian period of Japanese history – the others being the Minamoto, the Fujiwara, and...

Genpei-Gassen, 1180–1185) was a national civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the late Heian period of Japan. It resulted in the downfall of...

Genji by way of the Kawachi Genji. It was a branch of the Minamoto clan by the Ashikaga clan. Ashikaga Kuniuji, grandson of Ashikaga Yoshiuji, established...

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...

of the Minamoto clan, he was a cousin and rival of shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo during the Genpei War between the Minamoto and the Taira clans in the late...

Minamoto (源, みなもと、ミナモト) is an ancient and noble Japanese family name that is mostly known for its history as a powerful clan during the Heian period. The...

a Minamoto clan samurai of the late Heian period, and Chinjufu-shōgun (Commander-in-chief of the defense of the North). The first son of Minamoto no...

Hosokawa clan (細川氏, Hosokawa-shi) is a Japanese samurai kin group or clan. The clan descends from the Seiwa Genji, a branch of the Minamoto clan, and ultimately...

of the Nitta, Minamoto no Yoshishige (1135–1202), was the elder brother of Minamoto no Yoshiyasu, the common ancestor of the Ashikaga clan. Yoshishige was...

the Minamoto clan, deriving originally from the town of Ashikaga in Shimotsuke Province (modern-day Tochigi Prefecture). For about a century, the clan was...

members of the Minamoto clan until 1226, the Fujiwara clan until 1252, and the last six were minor princes of the imperial family. The Hōjō clan were the de...

and are a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji), by Minamoto no Yoshimitsu (1056–1127), son of the Chinjufu-shōgun Minamoto no Yoriyoshi (988-1075)...

most powerful clan in 1156. During the Heiji Disturbance (Heiji no Ran) in 1160 the Taira defeated the coalition of Fujiwara and Minamoto forces. This...

the name Minamoto. Initially an honorary name given to a number of unrelated courtiers by a number of different emperors, the Minamoto clan would grow...

descendants of the Ashikaga clan, who were in turn descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) and the Seiwa Genji branch of the Minamoto clan. The first family being...

Akamatsu clan (赤松氏, Akamatsu-shi) is a Japanese samurai family of direct descent from Minamoto no Morifusa of the Murakami-Genji (Minamoto clan). They were...

figures. The following four are referred to in legend as the Shitennō of Minamoto no Yorimitsu (also known as Raikō) (948–1021): Sakata no Kintoki – known...

Sasaki clan (佐々木氏, Sasaki-shi) are a historical Japanese clan. They are descended directly from Emperor Uda (868–897) by his grandson Minamoto no Masazane...

The Toki clan (土岐氏, Toki-shi) is a Japanese kin group. The Toki claim descent from Minamoto no Yorimitsu and the Seiwa Genji. As governors of Mino Province...

The Asano clan (淺野氏, Asano-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan, and the Emperor Seiwa (850-881), the 56th Emperor of...

1159, the Taira clan under Taira no Kiyomori, defeated the Minamoto clan with the support of Cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa. Minamoto no Yoshitomo, leader...

Minamoto no Tameyoshi (源 為義, 1096 – August 17, 1156) was a Japanese samurai lord in the Heian period, who was the head of the Minamoto clan during his...

power by marrying into the imperial family. However, as the Minamoto clan and the Fujiwara clan gained power over the course of the 9th and 10th centuries...

imperial house" (皇室) if necessary. Gempeitōkitsu (源平藤橘), 4 noble clans of Japan: Minamoto clan (源氏) – also known as Genji (源氏) or Genke (源家); 21 cadet branches...

and are a branch of the Ashikaga clan through the Shiba clan (Seiwa Genji) of the Minamoto clan. Ashikaga Ieuji (13th century), son of Ashikaga Yasuuji...