Minamoto no Yoshikuni

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Minamoto".

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.

External links

• Pictures of the Iwashimizu Hachimangu Shrine of Minamoto no Yoshikuni
• A Medieval Samurai Domicile The Hikobe Family Manor

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Name	Yoshikuni
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Date of birth	1082
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Date of death	1155
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