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Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shōgun (died 1199)
Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shōgun (died 1199)
Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shōgun (died 1199)
Minamoto no Yoritomo
Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military ruler of Japan from 1192 to 1199
- Born
- 1147
Minamoto no Yoritomo was a samurai, daimyo and the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate, ruling from 1192 until 1199, also the first shogun in the history of Japan to hold de-facto power over Japan. He was married to Hōjō Masako, who acted as regent (shikken) after his death. The early 11th-century text Mutsu Waki 陸奥話記 says Yoritomo is an incarnation of the god of the north Bishamonten.