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Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Samurai of the late Heian and early Kamakura period

  • Fame61.2
  • Momentum7.1
  • Wikipedia57.1K
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Lived 1159–1189, aged 30Japan
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  • Era
    1159–1189
    Aged 30
Summary
Updated 2026-06-09

The samurai who won the war but lost his brother. Yoshitsune crushed the Taira clan in three decisive battles, then watched the shogun he'd made — his own half-brother — turn the entire country against him.

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Born the ninth son of a defeated warlord after the Heiji Rebellion killed his father, Ushiwakamaru grew up in a temple, then found shelter with the Ōshū Fujiwara clan in Hiraizumi. When his half-brother Yoritomo rose against the Taira, Yoshitsune raced to join him and became the architect of victory at Ichi-no-Tani, Yashima, and Dan-no-ura. The bond Yoritomo once described as "father and son" shattered when Yoshitsune accepted court titles without permission and moved too independently; declared an enemy, he fled back north to his old protector Fujiwara no Hidehira. After Hidehira's death, the…

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61.2
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Momentum7.1
Historical24.1
Now attention39.5
Source confidence60.0
Completeness60.0
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  • Wikipedia
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  • Pantheon 2.0
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