Minamoto Tameyoshi

Japanese warrior
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Born:
1096, Japan
Died:
Aug. 17, 1156, Japan (aged 60)
Political Affiliation:
Minamoto family

Minamoto Tameyoshi (born 1096, Japan—died Aug. 17, 1156, Japan) was a warrior whose defeat by his own son resulted in the temporary eclipse in Japanese affairs of the Minamoto clan and the ascendancy of the Taira clan. The scion of a noted warrior family, Tameyoshi distinguished himself at the age of 19 by suppressing a riot against the court by soldier-priests of a monastery near the capital. Following this event, Tameyoshi eliminated his rivals and became head of the Seiwa Genji, the powerful branch of the Minamoto clan in control of the strategic Kantō region in northern Japan. Failing to ...(100 of 188 words)