Better known as Kiso Yoshinaka (木曾義仲, 1154-1184), Minamoto no Yoshinaka (源義仲) was a prominent warrior of the late Heian period (平安時代, 794–1185). Following the death of his father, Minamoto no Yoshikata (源義賢), who was killed by his cousin Minamoto no Yoshihira (源義平, 1141-1160) during internal Minamoto clan strife, the young Yoshinaka was taken in and raised in the mountainous Kiso region of Shinano Province (信濃国, now Nagano Prefecture). His guardian was Nakahara Kanetō (中原兼遠), the...
Minamoto no Yoshinaka (1154-1184)