Name Minamoto Yoshikuni Siblings Minamoto no Yoshichika Parents Minamoto no Yoshiie | Died 1155 Cousins Minamoto no Yoshikiyo | |
Children Minamoto no Yoshiyasu, Minamoto no Yoshishige Grandchildren Ashikaga Yoshikane, Minamoto no Suekuni, Ashikaga Yoshinaga, Ashikaga Yoshikiyo |
Minamoto no Yoshikuni (源 義国, 1082–1155) was the son of a famous samurai named Minamoto no Yoshiie and an ancestor of the Ashikaga and Nitta families. 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.
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