, also known as , is the founder of the

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(at the encouragement of

Minamoto no Yoritomo was the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate, ruling from 1192 until 1199, also the first ruling shogun in the history of Japan.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Minamoto no Yoriie" in . He was the husband of Hōjō Masako ...

), although some sources cite Fujiwara no Morosuke (908–960) as its founder. Kanezane organised the compilation of the Kitano Tenjin Engi, the history of the Kitano Shrine. In April 1186 he became

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and in 1189 was appointed Chief Minister. A descendant of Fujiwara no Michinaga's line, he was the son of Fujiwara no Tadamichi, and his brother, Jien was the author of the historical work '' Gukanshō''. Among his sons were , , and Yoshitsune. In 1202 he ordained as a Buddhist monk under

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and took on the

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Enshō (円証).

Family

* Father: Fujiwara no Tadamichi * Mother: Kaga no Tsubone * Wives and children: ** Wife: Fujiwara no Tomoko, Fujiwara no Sueyuki‘s daughter *** Kujō Yoshimichi (1167–1188) *** Kujō Yoshitsune *** Ryoku *** Empress Dowager Gishūmon-in Fujiwara no Takako (1173–1239) married

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** Wife: Fujiwara no Akisuke’s daughter *** Ryoan (1179–1220) *** Kujō Yoshihira (1184–1240) *** Ryokai (1185–1243) ** Wife: Hachijoin-no-tsubone *** Kujō Yoshisuke (1185–1218) **Unknown *** Ryokai *** Ryoji *** Daughter married

Shinran ''Popular Buddhism in Japan: Shin Buddhist Religion & Culture'' by Esben Andreasen, pp. 13, 14, 15, 17. University of Hawaiʻi Press 1998, . was a Japanese Buddhist monk, who was born in Hino (now a part of Fushimi, Kyoto) at the turbulent clos ...

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1149 births 1207 deaths Fujiwara clan Kujō family People of the Heian period People of the Kamakura period Buddhist clergy of the Kamakura period 12th-century Japanese calligraphers Japanese diarists {{Japan-noble-stub Jōdo-shū Buddhist priests