Minamoto no Yoshitomo fathered both Minamoto no Yoritomo and Minamoto no Yoshitsune by different mothers. After Yoshitomo's assassination following the Heiji Rebellion, his surviving sons were scattered into exile — Minamoto no Yoritomo to Izu, Minamoto no Yoshitsune to Kurama — setting the stage for the Genpei War.
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