Minamoto no Yoshikuni
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. His childhood name was Kugenmaru (普賢丸).
Family
- Father: Minamoto no Yoshiie
- Mother: daughter of Fujiwara no Aritsuna
- Wives:
- daughter of Fujiwara no Atsumoto
- daughter of Minamoto no Arifusa
- daughter of Ashikaga Naritsuna
- Children:
- Minamoto no Yoshishige (1135-1202) by daughter of Fujiwara no Atsumoto or daughter of Minamoto no Arifusa
- Minamoto no Yoshiyasu by daughter of Minamoto no Arifusa
- Minamoto no Suekuni (1151-1180)
External links
- Pictures of the Iwashimizu Hachimangu Shrine of Minamoto no Yoshikuni
- A Medieval Samurai Domicile The Hikobe Family Manor
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