MINAMOTO

Meaning of MINAMOTO in English

/mee"nah maw"taw/ , n. , pl. Minamoto .

a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns from 1192 to 1333.

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MINAMOTO YOSHITSUNE — born 1159, Japan died June 15, 1189, Fort Koromogawa, Mutsu province, Japan Charismatic half brother of Minamoto Yoritomo who helped …
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MINAMOTO YORITOMO — born 1147, Japan died Feb. 9, 1199, Kamakura Founder of the Kamakura shogunate, or bakufu . A member of the …
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MINAMOTO YOSHITSUNE — born 1159, Japan died June 15, 1189, Fort Koromogawa, Mutsu Province, Japan warrior who engineered many of the military victories …
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MINAMOTO YOSHITOMO — born 1123, Japan died Feb. 12, 1160, Owari Province, Japan Japanese warrior whose support of Taira Kiyomori, the leader of …
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MINAMOTO YOSHIIE — born 1039, Kawachi, Japan died August 1106, Japan warrior who shaped the Minamoto clan into an awesome fighting force that …
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MINAMOTO YORIYOSHI — born 988, Japan died Aug. 27, 1075, Japan warrior who established the Minamoto clan in the strategic Honshu region of …
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MINAMOTO YORINOBU — born 968, Japan died June 1, 1048, Japan warrior whose service to the powerful Fujiwara family, which dominated Japan between …
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MINAMOTO TAMEYOSHI — born 1096, Japan died Aug. 17, 1156, Japan warrior whose defeat by his own son resulted in the temporary eclipse …
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MINAMOTO SHITAGO — born 911, Japan died 983, Japan Japanese poet of the middle Heian period (7941185). Although he was a descendant of …
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MINAMOTO YOSHITSUNE — born 1159, Japan died June 15, 1189, Fort Koromogawa, Mutsu province, Japan Charismatic half brother of Minamoto Yoritomo who helped …
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MINAMOTO YORITOMO — born 1147, Japan died Feb. 9, 1199, Kamakura Founder of the Kamakura shogunate, or bakufu . A member of the …
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TAIRA KIYOMORI — born 1118, Japan died March 21, 1181, Kyōto Leader of the powerful Taira family and the first member of the …
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SAMURAI — Member of the Japanese warrior class. In early Japanese history, culture was associated with the imperial court, and warriors were …
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KAMAKURA PERIOD — (1192–1333) Period of Japanese history marked by the country's first era of military government. The Kamakura shogunate was established by …
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JITŌ — In feudal Japan, a land steward appointed by the central military government to each of the estates ( shōen ) …
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JAPAN — Island country, lying off the eastern coast of Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. Its four main islands are Hokkaido …
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HŌJŌ FAMILY — Family of hereditary regents to the shogunate of Japan who exercised actual power from 1199 to 1333. Hōjō Tokimasa (1138–1215) …
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GEMPEI WAR — (1180–85) Final struggle between two Japanese warrior clans, the Minamoto (Genji) and the Taira (Heike), for supremacy in Japan, resulting …
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YORIMITSU — also called Raiko, one of the most popular of the legendary Japanese warrior heroes and a member of the martial …
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TOBA, GO- — born Aug. 6, 1180, Kyoto, Japan died March 28, 1239, Oki province, Japan in full Go-Toba Tenno, personal name Takahira …
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TAIRA MASAMORI — flourished 12th century, , Japan warrior responsible for the rise to power of the Taira clan in Japan. The leader …
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TAIRA KIYOMORI — born , 1118, Japan died March 21, 1181, Kyoto first of the Japanese soldier-dictators, whose victories in the Hogen and …
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SHIRAKAWA, GO- — born Oct. 18, 1127, Kyoto, Japan died April 26, 1192, Kyoto in full Go-Shirakawa Tenno, personal name Masahito 77th emperor …
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KYOTO — The upper levels of the pagoda at Yasaka Shrine standing out against the skyline of Kyoto, city, seat of Kyoto …
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JAPAN, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a white field bearing a central red disk (a stylized sun). The flag has a width-to-length …
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HOJO TOKIMASA — born 1138, Izu Province, Japan died Feb. 6, 1215, Izu Japanese warrior who aided Minamoto Yoritomo in establishing the Kamakura …
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HOGEN DISTURBANCE — Japanese Hogen No Ran (July 1156), in Japan, conflict in the Hogen era between the Taira and Minamoto clans that …
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HEIKE MONOGATARI — English The Tale of the Heike medieval Japanese heroic epic, which is to Japanese literature what the Iliad is to …
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GEMPEI WAR — (118085), final struggle in Japan between the Taira and Minamoto clans that resulted in the Minamoto's establishment of the Kamakura …
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TAIRA KIYOMORI — born 1118, Japan died March 21, 1181, Ky 014D; to Leader of the powerful Taira family and the first member …
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GEMPEI WAR — (118085) Final struggle between two Japanese warrior clans, the Minamoto (Genji) and the Taira (Heike), for supremacy in Japan, resulting …
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