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Yoritomo accepted a number of comparatively low court ranks, including that of "Barbarian-expelling Generalissimo" [[Seii Tai Shogun]] 征夷大将軍 ([[1192]]). By this he was formally delegated with the emperor's military authority.

Yoritomo accepted a number of comparatively low court ranks, including that of "Barbarian-expelling Generalissimo" [[Seii Tai Shogun]] 征夷大将軍 ([[1192]]). By this he was formally delegated with the emperor's military authority.

Following his death, Yoritomo was succeeded by his eldest son [[Minamoto no Yoriie]], who in turn was succeeded as shogun by Yoritomo's second son [[Minamoto no Sanetomo]].

Following his death, Yoritomo was succeeded by his eldest son [[Minamoto no Yoriie]], who in turn was succeeded as shogun by Yoritomo's second son [[Minamoto no Sanetomo]]. Yoritomo was buried at the foot of Ôkura-yama in Kamakura, with the graves of [[Shimazu Tadahisa]], [[Mori Suemitsu|Môri Suemitsu]], and [[Oe no Hiromoto|Ôe no Hiromoto]] nearby. By the [[Edo period]], the gravesite had fallen into ruin, and was restored by the [[Shimazu clan]], who have recently (in the Heisei period) replaced the tombstone once again.<ref>Explanatory plaque at replica of Yoritomo's gravesite, at [[Tsurugane Shrine]], [[Kagoshima]].</ref>

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==References==

==References==

*Reischauer, Edwin O., et al., ''East Asia: The Great Tradition'', Houghton Mifflin Co., 1960.

*Reischauer, Edwin O., et al., ''East Asia: The Great Tradition'', Houghton Mifflin Co., 1960.

*[[Kojien Dictionary]]

*[[Kojien Dictionary]]

[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Kamakura Period]]

[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Kamakura Period]]