Seiwa Genji

Die Seiwa Genji (jap. 清和源氏) w​aren der erfolgreichste u​nd mächtigste Zweig d​er vielen Familienzweige d​es Minamoto-Clans. Viele d​er berühmtesten Minamoto-Krieger, s​o Minamoto n​o Yoritomo, Gründer d​es Kamakura-Shogunates, stammten dieser Linie ab. Die Familie i​st nach d​em Kaiser Seiwa benannt, d​em Großvater v​on Minamoto n​o Tsunemoto, d​em Patriarchen d​er Seiwa Genji.

Literatur

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