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Hōjō Masako (北条 政子, 1156 – August 16, 1225) was a political leader, and the eldest daughter of Hōjō Tokimasa (the first shikken, or regent, of the Kamakura shogunate) by his wife Hōjō no Maki. She was ...
First shogun of Japan and of the Kamakura Shogunate from 1192 to 1199
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Minamoto no Yoritomo (源 頼朝, May 9, 1147 – February 9, 1199) was the founder and the first shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. He ruled from 1192 until 1199. His Buddhist name was Bukōshōgendaizenmon ...
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Minamoto no Yoshitsuna (? ??) (ca. 1042 – 1134), also called Kamo Jiro (? ??), was a samurai of the Minamoto clan, and brother of Minamoto no Yoshiie.
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Shizuka Gozen (???) (1165–1211), or Lady Shizuka, one of the most famous women in Japanese history and literature, was a shirabyoshi (court dancer) of the 12th century, and a mistress of Minamoto no Y ...
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Minamoto no Hiromasa (源 博雅, 918 – September 28, 980) was a nobleman and gagaku musician in the Heian period. He was the eldest son of Prince Katsuakira and the grandson of Emperor Daigo. His mother was ...
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Minamoto no Yorimitsu , 948 – August 29, 1021), also known as Minamoto no Raiko, served the regents of the Fujiwara clan along with his brother Yorinobu, taking the violent measures the Fujiwara were ...
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Minamoto no Tameyoshi , 1096 – August 17, 1156) was head of the Minamoto samurai clan during his lifetime, and grandson of Minamoto no Yoshiie; he led the Minamoto in the Hogen Rebellion. Tameyoshi is ...
First shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate of Japan (1305–1358)
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Ashikaga Takauji (足利 尊氏, August 18, 1305 – June 7, 1358) was the founder and first shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate. His rule began in 1338, beginning the Muromachi period of Japan, and ended with his ...
12th-century military commander in the Minamoto clan of feudal Japan
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Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源 義経, 1159 – June 15, 1189) was a military commander of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. During the Genpei War, he led a series of battles ...
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Minamoto no Tsunenobu (源経信, 1016–1097) was a Japanese nobleman and waka poet in the Heian period. One of his poems is included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, in which he is known as Dainagon Tsunenobu (大納言経信) ...
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Anpō (安法; dates unknown) was a Japanese waka poet of the Heian period. His given name was Minamoto no Shitagō (源趁); Anpō was his Dharma name. He had prestigious ancestry, but his immediate family fell ...
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Hamuro Mitsutoshi (葉室光俊, Hamuro no Mitsutoshi, 1203 - 1276) was a major waka poet and Japanese nobleman active in the early Kamakura period. He is designated as a member of the New Thirty-Six Immortals ...
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Lady Sanuki, attendant to retired Emperor Nijō (二条院讃岐, Nijō-in no Sanuki, c. 1141 – 1217) was a waka poet and Japanese noblewoman active in the late-Heian and early-Kamakura period. She was a co ...
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Lady Horikawa, attendant to Empress Taiken (待賢門院堀河, Taiken-mon'in no Horikawa, dates unknown) was a waka poet and Japanese noblewoman active in the Heian period.
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Hachijō-in no Takakura (八条院高倉, c. 1176 - c. 1248) was a waka poet and Japanese noblewoman active in the early Kamakura period. She is designated as a member of the New Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry ( ...
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Emperor Daigo (醍醐天皇, Daigo-tennō, February 6, 885 – October 23, 930) was the 60th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
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The Hosokawa clan (細川氏, Hosokawa-shi) is a Japanese samurai kin group or clan. The clan descends from the Seiwa Genji, a branch of the Minamoto clan, and ultimately from Emperor Seiwa, through the Ashikaga ...
The most powerful and important noble clan in the Japanese history
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Minamoto (源) was a noble surname bestowed by the Emperors of Japan upon members of the imperial family who were excluded from the line of succession and demoted into the ranks of the nobility since 814 ...