Mortal-floor son of Yoshikata; cousin of Yoritomo and Yoshitsune. Raised in the Kiso valley after his father's 1155 killing. Following Prince Mochihito's 1180 anti-Taira edict, raised the Minamoto banner in the Kiso-Hokurikudō region; canonical military victories at the Battle of Kurikara (1183, the "blazing-bull" night-attack) and the entry into Kyoto 1183. Briefly de facto ruler of Kyoto with the self-assumed cognomen Asahi Shogun; his rough Kiso-warriors alienated the court; Emperor Go-Shirakawa secretly appealed to Yoritomo for relief. Killed at the Battle of Awazu (1184) by the armies of his cousins Yoshitsune and Noriyori — the canonical "death of Lord Kiso" episode in the Heike Monogatari book 9 is one of the foundational tragic-warrior-death scenes of the Japanese literary tradition.