Minamoto no Yoriie (1182-1204)

Minamoto no Yoriie (源頼家, 1182–1204), eldest son of Minamoto no Yoritomo (源頼朝, 1147–1199), the founder of the Kamakura shogunate, and Hōjō Masako (北条政子, 1157–1225), was born in Kamakura and raised as the designated heir to the new military government established by his father after the defeat of the Taira clan in the Genpei War (源平合戦, 1180–1185). From an early age, Yoriie was exposed to court culture, martial training, and the shifting power dynamics between the imperial court in Kyōto...