Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Japanese general of the Minamoto clan

1159 CE to 1189 CE

Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 – June 15, 1189) is a general of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura period.

Yoshitsune is the ninth son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, and the third and final son and child that Yoshitomo will father with Tokiwa Gozen.

Yoshitsune's older brother Minamoto no Yoritomo (the third son of Yoshitomo) founds the Kamakura shogunate.

Yoshitsune's name in childhood is Ushiwakamaru.

He is considered one of the greatest and the most popular warriors of his era, and one of the most famous samurai fighters in the history of Japan.

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