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Yoshitomo Minamoto (1123-1160) was a Japanese noble during the Fujiwara shogunate and father to Noriyori Minamoto, Yoritomo Minamoto, and Yoshitsune Minamoto. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Minamoto no Yoshitomo (源 義朝) (1123 - February 11, 1160) was the head of the Minamoto clan and a general of the late Heian period of Japanese history. ... Events First Council of the Lateran confirms Concordat of Worms and demands that priests remain celibate End of the reign of Emperor Toba of Japan. ... Events Erik den helige is succeeded by Karl Sverkersson. ... The Fujiwara clan (藤原氏 Fujiwara-shi) was a clan of regents who had sort of monopoly to the Sekkan positions, Sesshō and Kampaku. ... Grave of Minamoto no Noriyori, Shuzenji (present-day Izu), Shizuoka Prefecture Minamoto no Noriyori )(1156-1193) was a late Heian period general, who fought alongside his brothers Minamoto no Yoritomo and Minamoto no Yoshitsune at a number of battles of the Genpei War. ... Minamoto no Yoritomo (May 9, 1147 – February 9, 1199) was the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura dynasty of Japan, who ruled from 1192 until 1199. ...

Born to Tameyoshi Minamoto in 1123, he sided with the Taira clan against the Minamotos during the Hogen Insurrection in which both sided with rival factions during a minor dispute within the Imperial family in 1156. Following the Tiara victory, Minamoto was ordered to murder his father. Refusing the Tiara's orders, he left their service however he was later defeated fighting the Tiara during the Heiji Affair in 1159. Although he was able to escape from the capitol, he was assassinated a year later by one of his retainers under the orders of Kiyomori Taira. Taira (平) is a Japanese surname. ... Seiryoji, a temple in Kyoto, was once a villa of Minamoto no Toru (d. ... The Hōgen Rebellion (保元の乱) was a Japanese civil war fought in 1156 over Japanese imperial succession and control of the Fujiwara clan of regents. ... The Heiji Rebellion (平治の乱) was fought between rival subjects of the cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan in 1159. ... Statue of Taira no Kiyomori, Miyajima, Hiroshima Prefecture Taira no Kiyomori (å¹³ 清盛 1118 - 1181) was a general of the late Heian period of Japan. ...

References

• Hyoe Murokami and Thomas J. Harper, Great Historical Figures of Japan. Tokyo, 1979.