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[[Image:Minamoto_yoshitsune.jpg|thumb|right|Minamoto Yoshitsune.]]
* ''Born: [[1159]]''
* ''Born: [[1159]]''
* ''Died: [[1189]]''
* ''Died: [[1189]]''
* ''Titles'': 判官 ''(Hougan, Hangan)''<ref>The title of ''hangan'', or ''hôgan'' specifically when referring to Yoshitsune, was one given to a secondary officer in the capital (Kyoto) office of police and justice, charged with maintaining order in the city. (''Japanese Noh Drama: Plays Selected and Translated from the Japanese'', vol. 3, Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkôkai (1960), 151n2.)</ref>
* ''Japanese:'' [[源]] 義経 ''(Minamoto no Yoshitsune)''
* ''Japanese:'' [[源]] 義経 ''(Minamoto no Yoshitsune)''
Few samurai loom as largely in Japanese history and lore as Minamoto Yoshitsune, the brilliant general whose tactics won a string of victories for his brother [[Minamoto Yoritomo|Yoritomo]] that culminated in the demise of the [[Taira clan]].
Few samurai loom as largely in Japanese history and lore as Minamoto Yoshitsune, the brilliant general whose tactics won a string of victories for his brother [[Minamoto Yoritomo|Yoritomo]] that culminated in the demise of the [[Taira clan]].
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