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Kujō Yoshitsune

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Name
  
Kujo Yoshitsune

Died
  
1206

Children
  
Kujo Michiie

Great grandchildren
  
Kujo Yoritsugu

Role
  
Political figure

Parents
  
Fujiwara no Kanezane

Grandchildren
  
Kujo Yoritsune

Uncles
  
Jien, Fujiwara no Kanefusa, Fujiwara no Motofusa, Konoe Motozane

Kujō Yoshitsune (九条 良経, 1169 – 1206), also known as Fujiwara no Yoshitsune, son of regent Kujō Kanezane and a daughter of Fujiwara no Sueyuki, was a kugyō or Japanese court noble from the late Heian period to the early Kamakura period. He held a regent position Sesshō from 1202 to 1206. Kujō Michiie was his son.

In 1179 Yoshitsune came of age. In 1188 when his elder brother died he was designated as successor of the family. In 1196 political shake-up caused him to lose the court position he was appointed a year before.

References

Kujō Yoshitsune Wikipedia