Yoshitomo

Scion-tier eldest son of Tameyoshi; Captain of the Left Imperial Stables. Fought on the winning Go-Shirakawa side at the Hōgen Rebellion 1156 against his own father; forced by imperial order to behead Tameyoshi. Led the Minamoto faction at the Heiji Disturbance of 1159 against Taira no Kiyomori; defeated and killed in Owari in 1160 by a treacherous host. His defeat ended Minamoto power in central Japan for ~20 years until his son Yoritomo's rise in 1180. Father of Yoritomo (founder of Kamakura shogunate) and Yoshitsune (the canonical tragic-hero of the Genpei War).

Parentage

• father: TameyoshiSonpi Bunmyaku (primary)

Children

• Minamoto no Noriyori
• Yoritomo
• Yoshitsune

Relations

• spouse: Tokiwa Gozen
• half sibling: Minamoto no Yoshikata
• father: TameyoshiSonpi Bunmyaku (primary)
• sibling: TametomoSonpi Bunmyaku (primary)
• killer of: TameyoshiForced by imperial order to behead his own father after the Hōgen Rebellion 1156.Hōgen Monogatari (primary)
• father of: YoritomoSonpi Bunmyaku; Azuma Kagami (primary)
• father of: YoshitsuneSonpi Bunmyaku; Heike Monogatari (primary)

Sources

• existence: Sonpi Bunmyaku (primary); Hōgen Monogatari (late 12th c.) (primary); Heiji Monogatari (late 12th c.) (primary); Azuma Kagami (primary); court diaries (primary)