Minamoto (surname)

Template:Nihongo is an ancient and noble Japanese family name<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> that is mostly known for its history as a powerful clan during the Heian period.

The name itself is not common today as most of the descendant families have taken other surnames, usually from their places of residence.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

People

Historical figures

• Template:Nihongo, seventh son of the Japanese Emperor Saga
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese poet and statesman, son of Emperor Saga of Japan
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese court official during the Heian period and son of Emperor Montoku of Japan
• Template:Nihongo, early Heian waka poet and Japanese nobleman, also known as Template:Nihongo
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese waka poet of the mid-Heian period
• Template:Nihongo, middle Heian waka poet and Japanese nobleman, also known as Template:Nihongo
• Template:Nihongo, birth name of Emperor Daigo of Japan until 887
• Template:Nihongo, court attendant (Koui) of Emperor Daigo of Japan
• Template:Nihongo, middle Heian waka poet and Japanese nobleman
• Template:Nihongo, waka poet and Japanese nobleman active in the Heian period
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese mid Heian waka poet, scholar and nobleman, descendant of Emperor Saga of Japan
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese nobleman and gagaku musician in the Heian period
• Template:Nihongo, early Heian waka poet and Japanese nobleman
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese noble and a scholar of ancient Japan, also known as Template:Nihongo
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai and Imperial Prince during Heian period
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai and court official of the Heian period
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai served the regents of the Fujiwara clan along with his brother Yorinobu
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai commander and member of the powerful Minamoto clan
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai, companion of Minamoto no Yorimitsu, also known as Watanabe no Tsuna
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai lord and the Chinjufu-shōgun head of the Minamoto clan
• Template:Nihongo, prominent Japanese poet whose works appeared in various anthologies
• Template:Nihongo, important and innovative Japanese poet, who compiled the Gosen Wakashū
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese nobleman and waka poet in the Heian period
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai in the Battle of Uji in 1180 during that part of Genpei War
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai in the Battle of Uji in 1180 during that part of Genpei War
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai and the Chinjufu-shōgun head of the Minamoto clan
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai of the Minamoto clan
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai and head of the Minamoto clan during his lifetime
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai lord during the Heian period
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai warlord of the late Heian period, founder of the Takeda Clan (武田氏) of Japan
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai who first implored the spirit of the Iwashimizu Shrine
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese progenitor of the Nitta branch family of the Minamoto clan
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai, founder of the Ashikaga clan of Japan (also known as Ashikaga Yoshiyasu (足利 義康))
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese general of the late Heian period and head of the Minamoto clan
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai who fought in the Hōgen Rebellion of 1156
• Template:Nihongo, brother of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, and commanders in the Genpei War
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai lord in the late Heian period
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai of the Minamoto clan
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai of the Minamoto clan of the late Heian period
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese samurai, founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese general during late Heian period of the Minamoto clan
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese commander of the Minamoto clan in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods
• Template:Nihongo, son of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan, also known as Prince Mochihito
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese governor in Kawachi province
• Template:Nihongo, waka poet and Japanese nobleman active in the early Kamakura period
• Template:Nihongo, waka poet and Japanese nobleman active in the early Kamakura period
• Template:Nihongo, third shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan
• Template:Nihongo, eldest son of the 2nd Kamakura shōgun Minamoto no Yoriie
• Template:Nihongo, second son of 2nd Kamakura shōgun Minamoto no Yoriie, also known as the priest Kugyō (公暁)
• Template:Nihongo, daughter of Kitabatake Morochika, and Imperial consort to Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan

Modern era

• Template:Nihongo, Japanese sport shooter
• Template:Nihongo, Japanese freestyle swimmer

Fictional characters

• Template:Nihongo, in Japanese manga Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
• Template:Nihongo, in Japanese manga Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
• Template:Nihongo, in anime television series Digimon Frontier
• Template:Nihongo, in Japanese manga Tactics
• Template:Nihongo, in the visual novel Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!
• Template:Nihongo, in anime television series Zombie Land Saga
• Template:Nihongo, in Japanese manga and anime Doraemon

Others

• Minamoto clan, the most powerful and most important clan of all four great clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi and Edo periods in Japanese history.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>