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Tokiwa Gozen

Japanese noblewoman of the late Heian period; mother of Minamoto no Yoshitsune · Japan · On the map · Born 1138

Tokiwa Gozen (常盤御前), or Lady Tokiwa, was a Japanese noblewoman of the late Heian period and mother of the great samurai general Minamoto no Yoshitsune. Sources disagree as to whether she was a concubine or wife to Minamoto no Yoshitomo, of which she bore Minamoto no Yoshitsune.

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She was later captured by Taira no Kiyomori, but escaped.

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Japan
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Deceased
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Born 1138