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LordAmeth moved page Minamoto Yoshiie to Minamoto no Yoshiie: standard form for Minamotos
[[Image:Minamoto-Yoshiie.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Minamoto Yoshiie as depicted in a woodblock print by [[Kobayashi Kiyochika]], [[1886]], from series ''Kyôdô Risshi no Motoi''.]]
* ''Born: [[1041]]''
* ''Born: [[1041]]''
* ''Died: [[1108]]''
* ''Died: [[1108]]''
* ''Japanese:'' [[源]] 義家 ''(Minamoto no Yoshiie)''
Minamoto Yoshiie, a man who came to embody the spirit of the samurai and a legend even in his own time, was the son of [[Minamoto Yoriyoshi]] ([[995]]-[[1082]]). Yoriyoshi, the third generation of the [[Seiwa Genji]], was a noted commander, and in [[1051]] was commissioned to defeat the rebellious Abe family of [[Dewa Province]]. The Abe had for years held prominent posts in this distant, forbidding region, and had come to assume a certain autonomy. Like [[Taira Masakado]], the Abe had been tasked with subduing the northern barbarians, and, from the Court’s point of view, become barbarians themselves. They were in fact described as ebisu, a somewhat generic term which was also applied to the Ainu.
Minamoto Yoshiie, a man who came to embody the spirit of the samurai and a legend even in his own time, was the son of [[Minamoto Yoriyoshi]] ([[995]]-[[1082]]). Yoriyoshi, the third generation of the [[Seiwa Genji]], was a noted commander, and in [[1051]] was commissioned to defeat the rebellious Abe family of [[Dewa Province]]. The Abe had for years held prominent posts in this distant, forbidding region, and had come to assume a certain autonomy. Like [[Taira Masakado]], the Abe had been tasked with subduing the northern barbarians, and, from the Court’s point of view, become barbarians themselves. They were in fact described as ebisu, a somewhat generic term which was also applied to the Ainu.
Shrouded in mystery, elevated to an almost godlike status in the old chronicles, it is difficult to place Minamoto Yoshiie in a historical context. His greatest political contribution was probably in strengthening the Minamoto family, especially those branches residing in the Kanto. His other contribution was less tangible. The legend of Minamoto Yoshiie, who emerged from his northern wars and the chronicles as a cultured man of war, established a model for future samurai that would influence generations of warriors to come.
Shrouded in mystery, elevated to an almost godlike status in the old chronicles, it is difficult to place Minamoto Yoshiie in a historical context. His greatest political contribution was probably in strengthening the Minamoto family, especially those branches residing in the Kanto. His other contribution was less tangible. The legend of Minamoto Yoshiie, who emerged from his northern wars and the chronicles as a cultured man of war, established a model for future samurai that would influence generations of warriors to come.
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