Minamoto no Yoshikuni

In this Japanese name, the surname is Minamoto.

Minamoto no Yoshikuni (源 義国; 1082–1155) was son of famous samurai Minamoto no Yoshiie, and was an ancestor of the Ashikaga and Nitta clans. Yoshikuni was the samurai who first implored the spirit of the Iwashimizu Shrine to start living in this bamboo grove and he built the shrine in honor of the god Hachiman. His childhood name was Kugenmaru (普賢丸). He became a monk in 1154, dying two years later.

Family

• Father: Minamoto no Yoshiie^[1]
• Mother: Daughter of Fujiwara no Aritsuna (藤原有綱の娘)
• Children:
  • Minamoto no Yoshishige^[2]
  • Minamoto no Yoshiyasu

Family tree

Emperor Seiwa

"Hachimantarō" Yoshiie

Minamoto no Yoshichika

Minamoto no Yoshikuni

Nitta clan

Ashikaga clan

Minamoto no Tameyoshi

Nitta Yoshishige

Ashikaga Yoshiyasu

Yamana clan

Minamoto no Yoshitomo

Nitta Yoshikane

Yamana Yoshinori

Ashikaga Yoshikane

Minamoto no Yoshikiyo

Minamoto no Yoritomo

Ashikaga Yoshiuji

Hirosawa Yoshizane

Kira clan

Hosokawa clan

Ashikaga Yasuuji

Kira Osauji

Hosokawa Yoshisue

Uesugi clan

Imagawa clan

Uesugi Shigefusa

Ashikaga Yoriuji

Kira Mitsuuji

Imagawa Kuniuji

Uesugi Yorishige

Ashikaga Ietoki

Uesugi Kiyoko

Ashikaga Sadauji

Hojō Hisatoki

Nitta Yoshisada

Ashikaga Takauji

Akahashi Tōshi

Hōjō Moritoki

Ashikaga Yoshiakira