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Name: Minamoto Yoritomo
Birth Date: 1147
Death Date: 1199
Place of Birth: Japan
Place of Death: Japan
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Male
Occupations: warrior chieftain, shogun, military leader

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Biography of Minamoto Yoritomo
893 words, approx. 3 pages
The Japanese warrior chieftain Minamoto Yoritomo (1147-1199) founded Japan's first military government, or shogunate, in 1185 and thereby inaugurated the medieval period of Japanese history, which lasted until 1573. In the 12th century, Japan was still...


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Minamoto no Yoritomo Information
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Minamoto no Yoritomo (源 頼朝, Minamoto no Yoritomo? May 9, 1147—February 9, 1199) was the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate of Japan. He ruled from 1192 until...


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Asian Theatre Journal
Yoritomo's Death: A Shin Kabuki Play by Mayama Seika.(text and commentary)(Play)
03/22/2000: 12,986 words, approx. 43 pages
Kabuki, while being one of Japan's three great classical theatre genres, has also benefited from dramatic works written especially for it by a variety of playwrights in the modern period. These are referred to as shin kabuki or "new kabuki." Mayama Seika is...


 

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