Minamoto No Yoshikuni
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samurai The samurai () were members of the warrior class in Japan. They were originally provincial warriors who came from wealthy landowning families who could afford to train their men to be mounted archers. In the 8th century AD, the imperial court d ...
Minamoto no Yoshiie , also known as and his title , was a Minamoto clan samurai of the late Heian period, and '' Chinjufu-shōgun'' (Commander-in-chief of the defense of the North). The first son of Minamoto no Yoriyoshi, he proved himself in battle with the Ab ...
, 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 In Japanese religion, ''Yahata'' (八幡神, ancient Shinto pronunciation) formerly in Shinto and later commonly known as Hachiman (八幡神, Japanese Buddhist pronunciation) is the syncretic divinity of archery and war, incorporating elements f ...
. His childhood name was Kugenmaru (普賢丸). He became a monk in 1154, dying two years later.


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Minamoto no Yoshiie , also known as and his title , was a Minamoto clan samurai of the late Heian period, and '' Chinjufu-shōgun'' (Commander-in-chief of the defense of the North). The first son of Minamoto no Yoriyoshi, he proved himself in battle with the Ab ...
* Mother: Daughter of Fujiwara no Aritsuna (藤原有綱の娘) * Children: **
Minamoto no Yoshishige was the progenitor of the cadet Nitta branch family of the Minamoto samurai clan, who fought alongside the Minamoto in the Genpei War. He is also known as Nitta Tarō and Nitta Yoshishige. His father was Minamoto no Yoshikuni and his grandfat ...
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Minamoto no Yoshiyasu Minamoto no Yoshiyasu (源 義康, 1139 – 1157), also known as Ashikaga Yoshiyasu (足利 義康), was a Japanese samurai of the late Heian period. He is known for his participation in the Hōgen rebellion in 1156. He is best known as the founde ...


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of the Iwashimizu Hachimangu Shrine of Minamoto no Yoshikuni

The Hikobe Family Manor {{DEFAULTSORT:Minamoto no, Yoshikuni 1082 births 1155 deaths Minamoto clan Nobility from Kyoto Deified Japanese men Imperial House of Japan Samurai Ashikaga clan Nitta clan People of the Heian period Buddhist clergy of the Heian period