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    Minamoto no Yorimasa (源 頼政, 1106 – 20 June 1180) was a Japanese poet, aristocrat and samurai lord. His poetry appeared in various anthologies. He served...
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    especially after tensions escalated between the Taira and Minamoto after the death of Minamoto no Yorimasa and Prince Mochihito himself.: 278–281, 291  Yoritomo...
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    Prince Mochihito and Minamoto no Yorimasa plan to raise an army to overthrow the Taira clan and the issuing of an edict urging the Minamoto clan, major temples...
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    actions of Taira no Kiyomori having deepened Minamoto hatred for the Taira clan, a call for arms was sent up by Minamoto no Yorimasa and Prince Mochihito...
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    Prince Mochihito (category Minamoto clan)
    no Kiyomori was causing suffering, Mochihito supported the Minamoto clan in their conflict against the Taira. At the same time, Minamoto no Yorimasa led...
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    his ancestor Minamoto no Yorimitsu and the tailfeathers of a mountain bird. An uncanny black smoke started to cover the Seiryō-den. Yorimasa shot his arrow...
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    Minamoto no Nakatsuna (died 1180) was a Japanese samurai lord. He was the elder son of Minamoto no Yorimasa, and fought in the Battle of Uji in 1180,...
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    conflict between the Minamoto and the Taira is triggered by Kiyomori's son Taira no Munemori humiliating Minamoto no Yorimasa's son by taking away his...
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    Prince Mochihito begins a revolt against the Taira clan. In support, Minamoto no Yorimasa sends out a call for aid, and to the monasteries (Enryaku-ji, Mii-dera...
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    fourth generation descending from Yorimitsu, and younger brother of Minamoto no Yorimasa (1104-1180), was the first to call himself 'Ikeda'. In the Edo period...
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  • Tsutsui no Jōmyō Meishū (筒井浄妙明秀) was a warrior monk (sōhei) from Mii-dera who fought alongside Minamoto no Yorimasa and his fellow monks at the Battle...
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    of the Minamoto clan Minamoto no Yorimasa (源 頼政, 1106 – 1180), prominent Japanese poet whose works appeared in various anthologies Minamoto no Shunrai...
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  • Minamoto no Kanetsuna (源 兼綱, died 1180) was a son of Minamoto no Yorimasa. Kanetsuna participated in the first Battle of Uji in 1180 that opened the Genpei...
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    28th 1180 in the Jishō calendar), following Prince Mochihito and Minamoto no Yorimasa defeat and subsequent death to the Taira clan, after which the Taira...
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    the Minamoto clan was called to arms by Prince Mochihito to oppose Kiyomori and his clan. Following the battle of Uji, in which Minamoto no Yorimasa, then...
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    century. In the 12th and 13th centuries, such as with the seppuku of Minamoto no Yorimasa, the practice of a kaishakunin had not yet emerged; thus, the rite...
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    family. The founder of Tsuen was Furukawa Unai, a samurai vassal of Minamoto no Yorimasa. After retiring in his later years, Furukawa adopted the last character...
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    came to be, including the tale that the body of the nue slain by Minamoto no Yorimasa split into 4 parts and scattered and flew to different lands to become...
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  • no Yoshitsune Minamoto no Tameyoshi Minamoto no Yorimasa Minamoto no Yorimitsu Minamoto no Yoritomo Minamoto no Noriyori Minoro Takashi Miura Anjin Miura...
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    household of its influence, they were at a loss. Finally, an archer, Minamoto no Yorimasa, was summoned to the Imperial Palace in the hopes of slaying the...
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  • Munetaka Aoki as Benkei Takashi Ukaji as Minamoto no Yorimasa Kenichi Endō as Hōjō Tokimasa Mayumi Tsukiyama as Maki no Kata Anne as Hōjō Masako Takuya Nakayama...
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    great fear. The nobility thought back to how the master of arrows Minamoto no Yorimasa slew the nue and made a request to Oki Jirōzaemon Hiroari (ja:真弓広有)...
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  • Yoshitsune Minamoto no Tameyoshi Minamoto no Yorimasa Minamoto no Yorimitsu Minamoto no Yoritomo Minamoto no Noriyori Mirei Kiritani Miura Anjin Miura Yoshimoto...
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  • Shin Heike Monogatari (TV series) (category Cultural depictions of Minamoto no Yoshitsune)
    Kiso Yoshinaka Shinsuke Ashida as Minamoto no Yorimasa Takeshi Kusaka Makoto Fujita Junkichi Orimoto as Minamoto no Yukiie Tōru Emori as Higuchi Kanemitsu...
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  • religious leader and the eighth Bektashi Muslims Minamoto no Yorimasa (源 頼政, 1106–1180), known as “Baba no Yorimasa”, Japanese poet, aristocrat and samurai lord...
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    Matsu (2002, NHK) as Iguchi Tarōzaemon Yoshitsune (2005, NHK) as Minamoto no Yorimasa Crayon Shin-chan: Explosion! The Hot Spring's Feel Good Final Battle...
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  • Minamoto no Mitsuyuki (源 光行 1163–1244) was an author, as well as governor in Kawachi province. Mitsuyuki's cousin was the famous samurai Yorimasa. Minamoto...
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    Prince (1243) Court Lady: Kujō Yoshihira's daughter Court Lady: Minamoto no Yorimasa's granddaughter Priest Shojo Court Lady: Fujiwara clan's descendant...
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    Sweden (d. 1134) Matilda of Anjou, duchess of Normandy (d. 1154) Minamoto no Yorimasa, Japanese military leader (d. 1180) Xing, Chinese empress (d. 1139)...
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  • Yoshitsune (TV series) (category Cultural depictions of Minamoto no Yoshitsune)
    Tokimasa Noboru Kimura as Hōjō Yoshitoki Tetsurō Tamba as Minamoto no Yorimasa Tsubasa Imai as Nasu no Yoichi Akira Nakao as Kajiwara Kagetoki Shun Oguri as...
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