Minamoto no Tameyoshi explained

Minamoto no Tameyoshi
Native Name:源 為義
Native Name Lang:Japanese
Birth Date:1096
Resting Place:Gongen-ji, in Sujakuurahata-chō, Shimodagyō-ku, Kyōto
Battles:Hōgen Rebellion
Father:Minamoto no Yoshichika
Mother:Unknown
Spouse:Daughter of Fujiwara no Tadakiyo
Children:Minamoto no Yoshitomo (son)
Minamoto no Tametomo (son)
Minamoto no Yukiie (son)
Office:Head of Kawachi Genji
Successor:Minamoto no Yoshitomo
Allegiance:Minamoto clan
Branch:Minamoto clan

was head of the Minamoto clan during his lifetime, and son of Minamoto no Yoshichika, son of Minamoto no Yoshiie. He led the Minamoto in the Hōgen Rebellion. Tameyoshi is also known as .

Though he was most famous for his involvement in the Hōgen Rebellion, Minamoto no Tameyoshi is also said to have intervened in a number of other conflicts earlier in his life. Around 1113, the ongoing rivalry between the warrior monks of Mii-dera and Enryaku-ji erupted into outright violence in the streets of Kyoto. Though the palace guard mobilized quickly to protect the Emperor, it is said that Tameyoshi, with a handful of mounted samurai, drove the mobs away himself.[1]

Upon being defeated in the Hōgen Rebellion, Tameyoshi took the tonsure and was released into the custody of his son Minamoto no Yoshitomo who then had him beheaded.[1] This was an unprecedented breaking of Buddhist values in Japan, yet no one in the court berated Yoshitomo for his actions at the time until after his death.

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  1. Book: Sansom, George . A history of Japan to 1334 . Stanford University Press . 1958 . 0804705232 . 272–273.