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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Benkei (category Minamoto clan)
    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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    page of Shimonoseki City), the fleet of the Minamoto clan (Genji), led by general Minamoto no Yoshitsune, defeated the fleet of the Taira clan (Heike)...
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    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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    : 296  Yukiie, former Governor of Bizen, then allied himself with Minamoto no Yoshitsune, under imperial orders, against Yoritomo. Yukiie was captured and...
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    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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    defeat to the forces of Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Minamoto no Noriyori. Minamoto no Yoshitsune split his forces in two. Minamoto no Noriyori's forces attacked...
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    follower of Minamoto no Yoshitsune. According to the Genpei Jōsuiki, he was one of the Yoshitsune Shitennō (義経 四天王, literally "Yoshitsune's Four Heavenly...
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    (1180–85), at the hands of the Minamoto clan, led by Minamoto no Yoshitsune, the title character of this play. Yoshitsune takes place a few years after...
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    Hōjō Masako (category Minamoto clan)
    needed] Of his surviving sons, Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Minamoto no Noriyori were forced into priesthood, while Minamoto no Yoritomo, at the age of thirteen...
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    brothers were Minamoto no Tomonaga (also killed during the Heiji rebellion), Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Minamoto no Noriyori and Minamoto no Yoritomo. He...
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    that were spared, Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Minamoto no Noriyori were sent to Buddhist monasteries, while his eldest son, Minamoto no Yoritomo, only 13...
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  • FromSoftware for the PlayStation 2, based on the legendary samurai, Minamoto no Yoshitsune. The game was later re-released with additional content (such as...
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    forces of Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Yoritomo into battle against their cousin Yoshinaka, and against the Taira. Attached to Yoshitsune's force, Kajiwara...
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    Minamoto no Yoshinaka tried to wrest power from his cousins Yoritomo and Yoshitsune, seeking to take command of the Minamoto clan. To that end, he burned...
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    Japan. After the destruction of the Heike, Minamoto no Yoshitsune conflicted with his brother Minamoto no Yoritomo, and fled into Hiraizumi, Mutsu Province...
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  • Hideaki Takizawa as Minamoto no Yoshitsune Ryunosuke Kamiki as young Yoshitsune (aka Ushiwakamaru) Kiichi Nakai as Minamoto no Yoritomo Sosuke Ikematsu as...
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    Byakko. Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159–1189) was accompanied by the following four, his so-called Shitennō, who are featured in the kabuki play Yoshitsune Senbon...
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    Shizuka Gozen (category Minamoto clan)
    Minamoto no Yoshitsune. Since she, like many others, are featured largely in the Heike Monogatari (Tale of Heike), Gikeiki (Chronicle of Yoshitsune)...
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    A member 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...
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    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...
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    world's largest bronze tanuki statue Hatayama Yoshitsune Horse Statue- statue of Minamoto no Yoshitsune Yoshitsune Dream Road Hiroyuki Hayashi, football player...
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  • Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経) is a 1966 Japanese television series. It is the 4th NHK taiga drama. First viewing rating: 32.5%. Highest audience rating:...
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    Seiwa Genji (category Minamoto clan)
    clan. Many of the most famous Minamoto members, including Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Minamoto no Yoritomo, the founder of the Kamakura shogunate; and Ashikaga...
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    prompted an argument from Minamoto no Yoshitsune. Finally after the boats were repaired and despite the high winds, Yoshitsune departed with only five of...
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  • chapter, after the death of their father Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Minamoto no Yoshitsune and his half-brother Minamoto no Yoritomo were separated, and finally...
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