Minamoto no Yoshiyasu
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Minamoto no Yoshiyasu was son of Yoshikuni
and ancestor of Ashikaga branch family of the Minamoto. Yoshiyasu was a samurai
and participated at Hōgen Rebellion
(1156) in Kyoto
with forces loyal to Emperor Go-Shirakawa
to fight against ex-Emperor Sutoku
's forces.
Minamoto no Yoshikuni
was the son of a famous samurai named Minamoto no Yoshiie and an ancestor of the Ashikaga and Nitta families. 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.-External links:*...
and ancestor of Ashikaga branch family of the Minamoto. Yoshiyasu was a samurai
Samurai
is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau...
and participated at Hōgen Rebellion
Hogen Rebellion
The was a short civil war fought in order to resolve a dispute about Japanese Imperial succession. The dispute was also about the degree of control exercised by the Fujiwara clan who had become hereditary Imperial regents during the Heian period....
(1156) in Kyoto
Kyoto
is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...
with forces loyal to Emperor Go-Shirakawa
Emperor Go-Shirakawa
Emperor Go-Shirakawa was the 77th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession...
to fight against ex-Emperor Sutoku
Emperor Sutoku
was the 75th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.Sutoku's reign spanned the years from 1123 through 1142.-Genealogy:Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name was Akihito ....
's forces.
External links
- http://www.furugosho.com/moyenage/generalite.htm