Seiwa Genji

The Seiwa Genji ( Japanese 清和源氏 ) were the most successful and powerful branch of the many family branches of the Minamoto clan. Many of the most famous Minamoto warriors, such as Minamoto no Yoritomo , founder of the Kamakura Shogunate , descended from this line. The family is named after the Emperor Seiwa , the grandfather of Minamoto no Tsunemoto , the patriarch of the Seiwa Genji.

Minamoto no Tsunemoto's son was Minamoto no Mitsunaka ( 912 - 997 ?), Who had 3 sons:
- Yorimitsu ( 944 - 1021 ), son of Tsunemoto, ancestor of Settsu Genji (also "Tada Genji")
  - - - Yorimasa ( 1104 - 1180 ), a great-grandson of Yorimitsu ( Settsu Genji )
- Yorichika ( 954 -?), Son of Tsunemoto, ancestor of the Yamato Genji
- Yorinobu ( 968 - 1048 ), son of Tsunemoto, ancestor of the Kawachi Genji
  - Yoriyoshi ( 998 - 1082 ?), Son of Yorinobu
    - Yoshiie ( 1041 - 1108 ), son of Yoriyoshi
      - Tameyoshi ( 1096 - 1156 ), grandson of Yoshiie
        
        Yoshitomo ( 1123 - 1160 ), son of Tameyoshi
        
        Yoshihira ( 1140 - 1160 ), son of Yoshitomo
        
        Yoritomo ( 1147 - 1199 ), son of Yoshitomo, first Kamakura shogun
        
        Yoriie ( 1182 - 1204 ), son of Yoritomo, the second Kamakura shogun
        
        Sanetomo ( 1192 - 1219 ), son of Yoritomo, third Kamakura shogun
        
        Noriyori ( 1156 - 1193 ), son of Yoshitomo
        
        Yoshitsune ( 1159 - 1189 ), son of Yoshitomo, one of the most famous samurai of all time
        
        Yoshikata (? - 1155 ), son of Tameyoshi
        Yoshinaka ( 1154 - 1184 ), son of Yoshikata
        
        Tametomo ( 1139 - 1170 ), son of Tameyoshi
        
        Yukiie (? - 1186 ), son of Tameyoshi
      - Yoshikuni ( 1082 - 1155 ), son of Yoshiie, ancestor of the Ashikaga and Nitta families

literature

Sansom, George: A History of Japan to 1334 . Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1958.
Turnbull, Stephen: The Samurai Sourcebook . London: Cassell & Co., 1998.