Minamoto no Yoshitsune’s Family Tree

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Family

• Minamoto no Yoshitomo(parent),Minamoto no Yoritomo(sibling)

  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.

Enemy of

• Minamoto no Yoritomo

  After Minamoto no Yoshitsune won the decisive battles of the Genpei War, Minamoto no Yoritomo grew suspicious of his brother's independence and popularity, declared him an outlaw, and hunted him across Japan until Minamoto no Yoshitsune was cornered at Koromogawa and killed himself.

Associated with

• Tengu

  The great tengu Sōjōbō of Mount Kurama trained the young Ushiwakamaru in swordsmanship and supernatural agility among the mountain pines, forging the warrior who would become Minamoto no Yoshitsune and topple the Taira.