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    Hōjō Masako

    Japanese politician
    Hōjō Masako
    Overview: 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 ...
    Date of birth: 1156
    Date of death: 16 August 1225
    Age: 69 (age at death)
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Military
    Gender: Female
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    Minamoto no Yoritomo

    First shogun of Japan and of the Kamakura Shogunate from 1192 to 1199
    Minamoto no Yoritomo
    Overview: 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 ...
    Date of birth: 9 May 1147
    Date of death: 9 February 1199
    Age: 51 (age at death)
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Military
    Gender: Male
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    Imai Kanehira

    Japanese samurai
    Imai Kanehira
    Overview: Imai Kanehira (1152-1184) was a military commander of the late Heian Period of Japan.
    Date of birth: 1152
    Date of death: 21 February 1184
    Age: 31 (age at death)
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Military
    Gender: Male
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    Overview: Minamoto no Yoshitsuna (? ??) (ca. 1042 – 1134), also called Kamo Jiro (? ??), was a samurai of the Minamoto clan, and brother of Minamoto no Yoshiie.
    Date of death: 1134
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    Shizuka Gozen

    Japanese noble
    Overview: 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 ...
    Date of birth: 1165
    Date of death: 1211
    Age: 45 (age at death)
    Nationality: Japanese
    Gender: Female
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    Date of death: 1180
    Nationality: Japanese
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    Minamoto no Hiromasa

    Japanese noble and musician (918–980)
    Minamoto no Hiromasa
    Overview: 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 ...
    Date of birth: 918
    Date of death: 980
    Age: 61 (age at death)
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Musician
    Gender: Male
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    Minamoto no Yorimitsu

    Japanese official (948–1021)
    Overview: 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 ...
    Date of birth: 944
    Date of death: 1021
    Age: 76 (age at death)
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    Overview: 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 ...
    Date of birth: 1096
    Date of death: 1156
    Age: 59 (age at death)
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    Ashikaga Takauji

    First shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate of Japan (1305–1358)
    Ashikaga Takauji
    Overview: 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 ...
    Date of birth: 18 August 1305
    Date of death: 7 June 1358
    Age: 52 (age at death)
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Military
    Gender: Male
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    Minamoto no Yoshitsune

    12th-century military commander in the Minamoto clan of feudal Japan
    Minamoto no Yoshitsune
    Overview: 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 ...
    Date of birth: 1159
    Date of death: 15 June 1189
    Age: 30 (age at death)
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Military
    Gender: Male
    Height: 4' 11" (150 cm)
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    Minamoto no Tsunenobu
    Overview: 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) ...
    Date of birth: 1016
    Date of death: 1097
    Age: 80 (age at death)
    Occupation: Poet
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    Anpō

    Japanese waka poet of the Heian period
    Overview: 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 ...
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Poet
    Gender: Male
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    Hamuro Mitsutoshi

    Japanese poet
    Overview: 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 ...
    Date of birth: 1203
    Date of death: 1276
    Age: 72 (age at death)
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Poet
    Gender: Male
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    Nijōin no Sanuki
    Overview: 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 ...
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Poet
    Gender: Female
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    Taikenmon'in no Horikawa
    Overview: 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.
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Poet
    Gender: Female
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    Hachijō-in Takakura

    12th-13th century Japanese poet
    Overview: 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 ( ...
    Date of birth: 1176
    Date of death: 1248
    Age: 71 (age at death)
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Poet
    Gender: Female
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    Emperor Daigo

    Emperor of Japan (885–930)
    Emperor Daigo
    Overview: 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.
    Date of death: 30 October 1923
    Occupation: Royalty
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    Hosokawa clan

    samurai clan
    Hosokawa clan
    Overview: 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 ...
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    Minamoto clan

    The most powerful and important noble clan in the Japanese history
    Minamoto clan
    Overview: 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 ...
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