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
Children
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
Relations
- sibling: Minamoto no Yoshitsuna
- father of: Yoshichika
- father of: Yoshikuni
- father of: Yoshitada
Sources
- 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
- Heike Monogatari book 11 (medieval-literary divine-paternity claim); Mutsu Waki (genpuku-naming as Hachiman Tarō)