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Minamoto no Yoshikuni

Samurai

Minamoto no Yoshikuni

Samurai

Minamoto no Yoshikuni was son of famous samurai Minamoto no Yoshiie, and was an ancestor of the Ashikaga and Nitta clans. Yoshikuni was the samurai who first implored the spirit of the Iwashimizu Shrine to start living in this bamboo grove and he built the shrine in honor of the god Hachiman. His childhood name was Kugenmaru (普賢丸). He became a monk in 1154, dying two years later.

Family

  • Father: Minamoto no Yoshiie
  • Mother: Daughter of Fujiwara no Aritsuna (藤原有綱の娘)
  • Children:
    • Minamoto no Yoshishige
    • Minamoto no Yoshiyasu

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References

References

  1. Berry, Mary Elizabeth. (2006). "Japan in Print: Information and Nation in the Early Modern Period". University of California Press.
  2. Farris, William Wayne. (1996). "Heavenly Warriors: The Evolution of Japan's Military, 500–1300". Harvard University Asia Center Publications Program.
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