Minamoto Yoritomo

British

/ ˈmɪnəˌməʊtəʊ ˌjɒrɪˈtəʊməʊ /

noun

1147–99, Japanese nobleman; the first shogun (1192–99) of the feudal era

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The first to hold this office in the form which it had at most times until the Restoration was Minamoto Yoritomo, on whom the title was conferred by the Mikado in 1192.

From The Problem of China by Russell, Bertrand

Minamoto Yoritomo, 1186-1199, died; received his appointment as shōgun in 1192.

From Japan by Murray, David

The ancestor of the Shimazu family was Tadahisa, an illegitimate son of Minamoto Yoritomo.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

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