Yoshitsune inspecting the defences of the Taira Army. Minamoto no Yoshitsune, 1159 – 1189. Japanese,nobleman and military commander of the Minamoto clan of Japan. During the Genpei War, he led a series of battles which toppled the Ise-Heishi branch of the Taira clan, helping his half-brother Yoritomo consolidate power. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

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