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Minamoto no Yoritomo

Minamoto no Yoritomo

1147 CE1199 CE · Kamakura

Minamoto no Yoritomo led his clan to victory over the rival Taira in the Genpei War of 1180-1185. Rather than rule from the imperial court, he built a warrior government (bakufu) at Kamakura, and in 1192 received the title of shogun. His Kamakura shogunate was the first of Japan's warrior regimes, establishing a form of military government that, in various dynasties, would dominate Japan for roughly seven centuries.

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