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3 unusual facts about Minamoto clan


Emperor Sanjō

One of these clans, the Minamoto clan (源氏)are also known as Genji, and of these, the Sanjō Genji (三条源氏) are descended from the 67th emperor Sanjō.

Ichirai

Ichirai (一来, died 1180) was a Japanese warrior monk who supported the Minamoto clan of samurai against their rivals, the Taira clan.

Ten'en

-- NengoCalc 天延一年四月二十四日 -->: A fire broke out in a Minamoto compound located near the Imperial Palace.


Fujiwara clan

Empress Shōken, wife of Emperor Meiji, was a descendant of the Fujiwara clan and, through Gracia Hosokawa, of the Minamoto clan.

Fujiwara no Kamatari

Empress Shōken was a descendant of the Fujiwara clan and through Hosokawa Gracia of the Minamoto clan.

Kamakura Gongorō Kagemasa

Kamakura Gongorō Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政) (born 1069) was a samurai descended from the Taira clan, who fought for the Minamoto clan in the Gosannen War of Japan's Heian period.

Ritsuryō

Hereditary high-ranks for public posts led to the monopoly of occupation of the most important posts by a limited number of families, in effect a nobility, amongst which the Fujiwara clan, Minamoto clan, Taira clan and the Tachibana clan.


see also

Gajajima

Per local folklore, the island was one of the havens of the defeated Heike clan after they lost the Gempei War against the Minamoto clan.

Tomonaga

Minamoto no Tomonaga (1144-1160), a Minamoto clan samurai of the late Heian period