Lineage
Note: Each degree of indentation indicates a father-son relationship.
- Yorinobu (968-1048) - son of Minamoto no Mitsunaka
- Yoriyoshi (998-1082) - son of Yorinobu; hero of the Zenkunen War
- Yoshitsuna (died 1134) - son of Yoriyoshi
- Yoshimitsu (died 1127) - son of Yoriyoshi, ancestor of the Sataka, Hiraga, and Takeda families
- Yoshiie (1041–1108) - son of Yoriyoshi, fought alongside his father in the Zenkunen War, led imperial forces in the Gosannen War
- Yoshichika
- Tameyoshi (1096–1156) - grandson of Yoshiie
- Yoshitomo (1123-1160), son of Tameyoshi
- Yoshihira (1140-1160), son of Yoshitomo
- Yoritomo (1147-1199), son of Yoshitomo, and first Kamakura Shogun
- Yoriie (1182-1204), son of Yoritomo, and 2nd shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate
- Sanetomo(*) (1192-1219), son of Yoritomo, and 3rd shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate
- Noriyori (1156-1193), son of Yoshitomo
- Yoshitsune (1159-1189), son of Yoshitomo, and one of the most famous samurai of all time
- Tametomo (1139-1170), son of Tameyoshi
- Yoshikata (?-1155), son of Tameyoshi
- Yoshinaka (1154-1184), son of Yoshikata
- Yukiie (?-1186), son of Tameyoshi
- Yoshitomo (1123-1160), son of Tameyoshi
- Tameyoshi (1096–1156) - grandson of Yoshiie
- Yoshichika
- Yoriyoshi (998-1082) - son of Yorinobu; hero of the Zenkunen War
(*)= During 1219 as Shogunate Minamoto Sanetomo was last head of Minamoto clan of Japan after his nephew Minamoto Kugyo - son of Yoriie - killed his uncle Sanemoto then will suicide himself. Also other nephew Ichiman - who was Yoriie's son. In 1203? he was executed on Hōjō's orders.
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Famous quotes containing the word lineage:
“I declare
Two lineages electrify the air,
That will like pennons from a mast
Fly over sleep and life and death
Till sun is powerless to decoy
A single seed above the earth:
Lineage of sorrow: lineage of joy....”
—Philip Larkin (19221986)