Minamoto no Sanetomo was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the third shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate. He was the second son of the Kamakura shogunate founder, Minamoto no Yoritomo. His mother was Hōjō Masako and his older brother was the second Kamakura shogun Minamoto no Yoriie.
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Sanetomo in court clothing, painting by the priest Goshin.
Grand stairway at Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū in Kamakura - the scene of Sanetomo's assassination
Shinto symbolism encompasses the girth of the ancient ginkgo tree at the foot of the stairs leading to the upper level of Kamakura's great Hachiman Shrine. The tree, near the spot where Sanetomo was ambushed and killed, was blown down on 10 March 2010.
Cenotaph honoring Sanetomo in Kamakura's Jufuku-ji's cemeteryIn their orbit 7
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About this person
Country
JapanCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1192 to 1219 · aged 26
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