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Minamoto no Yorimitsu (源 頼光, 948 – August 29, 1021), also known as Minamoto no Raikō, was a Japanese samurai and folk hero of the Heian period, who served the regents of the Fujiwara clan along with his brother Yorinobu, taking the violent measures the Fujiwara were themselves unable to take.
Abe no Seimei, the famous onmyōdō diviner of the imperial court, determines that the oni-king of Mt. Ōe (later identified as Shuten-dōji) was responsible for the abductions. The Emperor then commanded Minamoto no Raikō (Minamoto no Yorimitsu) and Fujiwara no Hōshō (Fujiwara no Yasumasa ) to exterminate this demon
The Berserker-class servant of Takao Dayu whose true name is Miyamoto Musashi, which is a shortened form of Shinmen Musashi-no-Kami Fujiwara-no-Harunobu (新免武蔵守藤原玄信). She is the founder of the Niten Ichiryu swordstyle and a parallel world version of the same Miyamoto Musashi who trained Iori.
Watanabe no Tsuna was a samurai of the Saga Genji branch of the Minamoto clan, and his official name was Minamoto no Tsuna. [5] He was the son of Minamoto no Atsuru (933-953) married to a daughter of Minamoto no Mitsunaka, grandson of Minamoto no Mototsuko (891-942), great-grandson of Minamoto no Noboru (848-918), and great-great-grandson of Minamoto no Tōru (822-895), son of the Emperor Saga ...
In 1185, the Heike clan fights against the Minamoto clan. After a bloody naval battle in the Seto Inland Sea , Yoshitsune Minamoto defeats the enemy and the survivors commit suicide. When the triumphant Yoshitsune arrives in Kyoto, his brother, the Shogun Yoritomo , is uneasy and orders his men to arrest Yoshitsune.
Benkei by Kikuchi Yōsai. Saitō Musashibō Benkei (西塔武蔵坊弁慶, 1155–1189), popularly known by the mononym Benkei, was a Japanese warrior monk who lived in the latter years of the Heian Period (794–1185).
The following four are referred to in legend as the Shitennō of Minamoto no Yorimitsu (also known as Raikō) (948–1021): [1] Sakata no Kintoki – known as Kaidomaru in his past. Kintoki originated from the House of Suzaku. Urabe no Suetake – Originated from the House of Seiryū; Usui Sadamitsu – Originated from the House of Genbu.
Minamoto no Yoshinaka (源 義仲, 1154 – February 21, 1184), also known as Kiso Yoshinaka (木曾 義仲), was a Japanese samurai lord mentioned in the epic poem The Tale of the Heike. A member of the Minamoto clan , he was a cousin and rival of shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo during the Genpei War between the Minamoto and the Taira clans in the ...