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==Selected members of the Minamoto clan==
==Selected members of the Minamoto clan==
*[[Minamoto no Tsunemoto]] (894-961)
*[[Minamoto no Tsunemoto]] 源経基(894-961)
*[[Minamoto no Mitsunaka]] (912-997)
**Grandson of [[Emperor Seiwa]], founder of the Heike clan; helped to defeat [[Fujiwara no Sumitomo]]
*[[Minamoto no Yorimitsu]] (944-1021)
*[[Minamoto no Mitsunaka]] 源満仲 (912-997)
*[[Minamoto no Yorinobu]] (968-1048)
**Son of Tsunemoto
*[[Minamoto no Yoriyoshi]] (998-1082)
*[[Minamoto no Yorimitsu]] - 源義光 (944?-1021)
*[[Minamoto no Yoshiie]] (1039-1106)
**Eldest son of Mitsunaka
*[[Minamoto no Yoshimitsu]] (1045-1127)
*[[Minamoto no Yorinobu]] 源頼信 (968-1048)
*[[Minamoto no Tameyoshi]] (1096-1156)
**Third son of Mitsunaka, founder of the Kawachi Genji; suppressed revolt of [[Taira Tadatsune]]
*[[Minamoto no Yorimasa]] (1106-1180)
*[[Minamoto no Yoriyoshi]] - 源頼義 (998-1082)
*[[Minamoto no Yoshitomo]] (1123-1160)
**Eldest son of Yorinobu; accompanied him on his campaigns.
*[[Minamoto no Yoshihira]] (1140-1160)
*[[Minamoto Yoshiie|Minamoto no Yoshiie]] - 源義家 (1039-1106)
*[[Minamoto no Yoshikata]] (d. 1155)
**Eldest son of Yoriyoshi; known as Hachiman Tarô. He was one of the most renowned heroes of the period.
*[[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] (1147-1199)
*[[Minamoto no Yoshimitsu]] - 源義光 (1045-1127)
*[[Minamoto no Yoshinaka]] (1154-1184)
**Brother of Yoshiie, helped him in his wars in [[Mutsu province]]
*[[Minamoto no Noriyori]] (1156-1193)
*[[Minamoto no Tameyoshi]]- 源為義 (1096-1156)
*[[Minamoto no Yoshitsune]] (1159-1189)
**Granson of Yoshitsuna. During the [[Hogen disburbance|Hôgen disburbance]] he fought against [[Taira no Kiyomori]] and was put to death.
*[[Minamoto no Yukiie]] (d. 1186)
*[[Minamoto no Yorimasa]] 源頼政(1106-1180)
*[[Minamoto no Yoriie]] (1182-1204)
**Supporter of [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]]; fought against Taira Kiyomori.
*[[Minamoto no Sanetomo]] (1192-1219)
*[[Minamoto no Yoshitomo]] 源義朝(1123-1160)
**Son of Tameyoshi; during the Hôgen disburbance fought for Taira Kiyomori against the other Minamotos, but fought against him in the [[Heiji disburbance|Heiji disburbance]] and was killed.
*[[Minamoto no Yoshikata]] 源義賢(d. 1155)
**Son of Tameyoshi; was killed in the Hôgen disburbance by Yoshihira.
*[[Minamoto no Yukiie]] 源行家(d. 1186)
**Son of Tameyoshi; first supported Yoritomo, but then sided with Yoshitsune and was killed.
*[[Minamoto no Yoshihira]] 源義平(1140-1160)
**Eldest son of Yoshitomo; fought with his father in the Hôgen and Heiji disburbances, but was executed after the Heiji disburbance.
*[[Minamoto no Yoritomo]]- 源頼朝 (1147-1199)
**Son of Yoshitomo, destroyed the Taira and established the Kamakura shogunate.
*[[Minamoto no Yoshinaka]] (Kiso Yoshinaka)- 源義仲 (1154-1184)
**Son of Yoshikata; fought for Yoritomo and drove the Heike from Kyoto, but was later destroyed by him.
*[[Minamoto Noriyori|Minamoto no Noriyori]] - 源範頼(1156-1193)
**Brother of Yoritomo; fought for him with Yoshitsune, but was later killed by him.
*[[Minamoto no Yoshitsune]] - 源義経 (1159-1189)
**Brother of Yoritomo; fought for him, but was destroyed by him. One of the most famous figures in Japanese history.
*[[Minamoto no Yoriie]] 源頼家(1182-1204)
**Son of Yoritomo; the second Kamakura shogun. He was exiled by the Hôjôs and put to death.
*[[Minamoto no Sanetomo]] 源実朝(1192-1219)
**Second son of Yoritomo; the third Kamakura shogun. Was murdered by his nephew Kugyô
*[[Minamoto Ichiman]] 一幡(1200-1203)
**Son of Yoriie. He was destroyed along with his mother's family (the Hiki 比企) by the Hôjô.
*[[Minamoto Kugyo|Minamoto Kugyô]] 公暁 (1200-1219)
**Son of Yoriie; killed Sanetomo and was killed soon after.
Note that from Taneyoshi on, all those listed except Yoritomo died violent deaths.
==References==
==References==
*Sansom, George (1958). 'A History of Japan to 1334'. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
*Sansom, George (1958). 'A History of Japan to 1334'. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
*[[Kojien Dictionary]]
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