Minamoto no Yoriie (Japanese: 源 頼家, September 11, 1182 – August 14, 1204) was the second shōgun (1202–1203) of Japan's Kamakura shogunate, and the first...

shogunate founder, Minamoto no Yoritomo. His mother was Hōjō Masako and his older brother was the second Kamakura shogun Minamoto no Yoriie. His childhood...

Ohime (大姫, 1178 – August 28, 1197), Fiance of Minamoto no Yoshitaka (源 義高), first daughter Minamoto no Yoriie (Japanese: 源 頼家, September 11 1182 – August...

began calling her the "nun shogun" in the place of her son Yoriie. As Minamoto no Yoriie grew older, however, he attempted to exert real power, resulting...

Fujiwara no Motohira 1st son : Minamoto no Yorikuni Wife:Daughter of Taira no Koretaka 2nd son : Minamoto no Yoriie Wife:Daughter of Yoshishige no Tamemasa...

of the "nun shogun". She was the wife of Minamoto no Yoritomo, and mother of Minamoto no Yoriie and Minamoto no Sanetomo, the first, second and third shoguns...

had no knowledge of military matters. In 1182, Tokimasa's son, Yoshitoki, wed. That same year, Masako and Yoritomo had a son, Minamoto no Yoriie, Yoritomo's...

at the age of 53, and the 18-year-old Minamoto no Yoriie took over as second shogun. To support the young Yoriie, the decisions of the shogunate were made...

Minamoto no Ichiman (源 一幡, 1198 – October 8, 1203) was the eldest son of the 2nd Kamakura shōgun Minamoto no Yoriie. His mother, Wakasa no Tsubone, was...

grandmother was a niece of Minamoto no Yoritomo. His wife was a granddaughter of Yoritomo and daughter of Minamoto no Yoriie. He was born in the year,...

shogunate of Japan Minamoto no Ichiman (源 一幡, 1198 – 1203), eldest son of the 2nd Kamakura shōgun Minamoto no Yoriie Minamoto no Yoshinari (源 頼暁, 1200...

the Minamoto, although Yoritomo had eliminated most serious challengers to his authority. When he died suddenly in 1199, his son Minamoto no Yoriie became...

Minamoto (源) was a noble surname bestowed by the Emperors of Japan upon members of the imperial family who were excluded from the line of succession and...

his nomination to Udaijin. His nephew Kugyō, son of second shōgun Minamoto no Yoriie, came out from next to the stone stairway of the shrine, then suddenly...

gtsug.lag.khang. Nussbaum, "Minamoto no Yoriie" at p. 635. Nussbaum, "Minamoto no Yoritomo" at pp. 633–634. Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Yoritsune" at p. 212; "Kujō...

housed his tutelary goddess. He was succeeded by his 17-year-old son Minamoto no Yoriie under the regency of his maternal grandfather Hōjō Tokimasa. A long...

Fuji no Makigari (富士の巻狩り) was a grand hunting event arranged by shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo from June to July 1193, centering around the foot of Mount...

Tsuchimikado's reign began, Minamoto no Yoritomo died. 1203: Yoritomo's successor as head of the Kamakura shogunate, Minamoto no Yoriie, was assassinated; and...

Munenori Yamauchi Kazutoyo Yūki Hideyasu Minamoto no Yoritomo, r. 1192–1199 Minamoto no Yoriie, r. 1202–1203 Minamoto no Sanetomo, r. 1203–1219 Kujō Yoritsune...

second rank of the fifth class (従五位下). 1202 (Kennin 2, 7th month): Minamoto no Yoriie was raised in the court's hierarchic standing to the second rank of...

known as Minamoto no Zensai (源善哉) or Saemon Hokkyō Yoriaki (左衛門法橋頼暁), was the second son of the second Kamakura shōgun of Japan, Minamoto no Yoriie. At the...

Hachiman-gū in Kamakura. The 40 years during which Minamoto no Yoritomo, Minamoto no Yoriie and Minamoto no Sanetomo were successive heads of the Kamakura...

general of the barbarians"). Sakanoue no Tamuramaro was the second, and Minamoto no Yoritomo was third person who had the title of Sei-i Taishōgun. The following...

Masako had a son, who would be the Minamoto heir, Minamoto no Yoriie. In 1183, Yoritomo's rival and cousin, Minamoto no Yoshinaka, entered Kyoto and drove...

of several branches of the Minamoto clan, one of the most famous noble clans in Japanese history. Descended from Minamoto no Yorinobu (968–1048), the Kawachi...

overthrow it. 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...

in the shogunate. In 1199 real power was moved from second shōgun Minamoto no Yoriie to the council of influential gokenin. In 1203 the shōgun was arrested...

land gifted to him by Yoritomo's son, the second Kamakura shōgun Minamoto no Yoriie. Eisai died in 1215 at the age of 74, and is buried in Kennin-ji's...

Wakasa no Tsubone became the wife of the 2nd shogun Minamoto no Yoriie. In 1184, Wakasa no Tsubone gave birth to Yoriie's first son, Minamoto no Ichiman...

court.: 371  He accused Yuki Tomomitsu of plotting against the Shōgun Minamoto no Yoriie; a number of members of the court tried to get rid of him, who eventually...