Minamoto
[ mee-nah-maw-taw ]
noun,plural Mi·na·mo·to.
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns from 1192 to 1333.
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Antoku was drowned but the Minamoto soldiers rescued his mother.
Japan | VariousThis event terminated the descendants of the Minamoto family in the direct line.
Japan | VariousTsunemoto was a grandson of the Emperor Seiwa and founder of the renowned clan of Minamoto.
Japan | VariousThey were of the same blood as Nitta and Ashikaga and of the clan of Minamoto.
Japan | VariousIn the eleventh century two powerful clans, the Taira and the Minamoto, contended for mastery.
The N Plays of Japan | Arthur Waley
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