Yoshikuni

Quartigod son of Yoshiie. Settled in Shimotsuke (modern Tochigi prefecture). Founder of the canonical Ashikaga and Nitta cadet-branches of the Minamoto clan through his two sons Yoshiyasu and Yoshishige — the two great medieval-Japanese warrior-houses that would later produce the Ashikaga shogunate (1336-1573, Ashikaga Takauji onward) and the Nitta-Yoshisada-led Kemmu Restoration of 1333.

Parentage

• father: YoshiieSonpi Bunmyaku (primary)

Children

• Nitta Yoshishige
• Ashikaga Yoshiyasu

Relations

• father: YoshiieSonpi Bunmyaku (primary)
• sibling: YoshichikaSonpi Bunmyaku (primary)
• sibling: YoshitadaSonpi Bunmyaku (primary)

Sources

• existence: Sonpi Bunmyaku (primary); Azuma Kagami (primary); Tonomine Genealogy (primary)