Minamoto clan
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Minamoto was a noble surname bestowed by the Emperors of Japan upon members of the imperial family who were excluded from the line of succession and demoted into the ranks of the nobility since 814. S
Seiryō-ji, a temple in Kyoto, was once a villa of Minamoto no Tōru (d. 895), a prominent member of the Saga Genji
Emperor Saga (786 – 842)
Minamoto no Makoto (810 – 868)
Kabuto attached with Mon (emblem) of Minamoto clan (sasa-rindou)
Genpei War
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The Genpei War was a national civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the late Heian period of Japan. It resulted in the downfall of the Taira and the establishment of the Kamakura shogu
Minamoto clan
…history—the other three were the Fujiwara, the Taira, and the Tachibana. In the late Heian period, Minamoto rivalry with the Taira culminated in the Genpei War (1180–1185 AD). The Minamoto emerged victorious and established Japan's first shogunate in Kamakura under Minamoto no Yoritomo, who appointed himself…
Scene of the Genpei War
The Heiji rebellion (1159) and the subsequent rise of the Taira were the main cause of the Genpei War 20 years later.
Scene of the Genpei war (1180–85), Kanō Motonobu (1476–1569), Muromachi period (1336–1573).
The Phoenix Hall of the Byōdō-in, where Yorimasa committed seppuku