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Minamoto no Yoshikuni

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Name
  
Minamoto Yoshikuni

Siblings
  
Minamoto no Yoshichika

Parents
  
Minamoto no Yoshiie


Died
  
1155

Role
  
Minamoto no Yoshiie's son

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.

References

Minamoto no Yoshikuni Wikipedia