Yoshiie

Half-divine son of Hachiman under the Mongán-pattern medieval-literary divine-paternity claim. Historical samurai (1039-1106 CE), distinguished commander in the Former Nine-Years and Later Three-Years Wars. The Hachimantarō naming at his genpuku ceremony at Iwashimizu Hachimangū, the father-Yoriyoshi dream of Hachiman granting the sword, and the Heike Monogatari's explicit "son or avatar of Hachiman" attribution constitute the medieval-literary divine-paternity tradition. Posthumously elevated to kami status by the Minamoto clan as their patron ancestral kami; the Hachiman-Minamoto-tutelary relationship Yoshiie cemented became the religious foundation of the Kamakura shogunate founded by his great-grandson Yoritomo. Biological father Minamoto no Yoriyoshi encoded as social-father; the divine-paternity tradition is the operative parentage under the registry's strict-criterion-with-Mongán-pattern philosophy.

Parentage

• paternal: Hachiman
• parent: Minamoto no Yoriyoshi

Children

• Yoshichika
• Yoshikuni
• Yoshitada

Domains

• minamoto tutelary ancestral kami
• martial valor of the minamoto
• archery

Powers

• Pierce three men with one arrow
• Read the omen of the scattering geese

Epithets

• 八幡太郎 Japanese · Hachimantarō · cultFirst-Born Son of HachimanHeike Monogatari; named at his genpuku at Iwashimizu Hachimangū (secondary)

Relations

• sibling: Minamoto no Yoshitsuna
• social father: Minamoto no Yoriyoshi (988-1075, historical biological father) · JapaneseThe biological mortal father; the divine-paternity claim of Hachiman is the medieval-literary theological reframing.Mutsu Waki; Sonpi Bunmyaku (primary)
• father of: YoshichikaSonpi Bunmyaku (primary)
• father of: YoshikuniSonpi Bunmyaku (primary)
• father of: YoshitadaSonpi Bunmyaku (primary)
• foundational precursor to: Minamoto no Yoritomo (founder of Kamakura shogunate) · JapaneseYoshiie's great-grandson. The Hachiman-Minamoto-tutelary relationship that Yoshiie cemented through Iwashimizu became the religious foundation of the Kamakura shogunate Yoritomo founded in 1192.Azuma Kagami (primary)

Sources

• existence: Mutsu Waki (Tale of Mutsu, c. 1062 — contemporary Japanese chronicle); Ōshū Gosannenki (chronicle of the Later Three-Years War, c. 1170); Heike Monogatari book 11 (Tale of the Heike, early 13th c.); Konjaku Monogatari shū book 25 tale 13; Sonpi Bunmyaku (genealogical compilation); contemporary court diaries (primary)
• parentage: Heike Monogatari book 11 (medieval-literary divine-paternity claim); Mutsu Waki (genpuku-naming as Hachiman Tarō) (primary)