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Minamoto no Yorimasa

1106 - 1180

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Minamoto no Yorimasa (源 頼政; Japanese pronunciation: [mʲi.na.mo.to no (|) jo.ɾʲiꜜ.ma.sa], 1106 – 20 June 1180) was a Japanese poet, aristocrat and samurai lord. His poetry appeared in various anthologies. He served eight different emperors in his long career, holding posts such as hyōgo no kami (head of the arsenal). As a general, he led the Minamoto armies at the beginning of the Genpei War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Minamoto no Yorimasa is the 840th most popular military personnel (down from 734th in 2019), the 654th most popular biography from Japan (down from 509th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Minamoto no Yorimasa ranks 840 out of 2,058. Before him are Kemal Reis, Georg Lindemann, Fyodor Kuznetsov, Henry H. Arnold, Gerhard Schmidhuber, and Hellmuth Stieff. After him are Momčilo Đujić, Markos Botsaris, Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin, Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este, Sergey Kamenev, and Bruno Loerzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1106, Minamoto no Yorimasa ranks 4. Before him are Pope Celestine III, Magnus I of Sweden, and Alexios Komnenos. After him are Conrad II, Count of Luxembourg, and Hugh VIII of Lusignan. Among people deceased in 1180, Minamoto no Yorimasa ranks 7. Before him are Louis VII of France, Manuel I Komnenos, John of Salisbury, John Tzetzes, Theodora Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem, and Al-Mustadi. After him are Abraham ibn Daud, Al-Samawal al-Maghribi, Soběslav II, Duke of Bohemia, Prince Mochihito, and Yaroslav II of Kiev.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Minamoto no Yorimasa ranks 654 out of 6,245. Before him are Teruo Nimura (1943), Mitsuko Uchida (1948), Enomoto Takeaki (1836), Takaaki Kajita (1959), Machiko Kyō (1924), and Hisao Sekiguchi (1954). After him are Emperor Horikawa (1079), Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1955), Kiyosi Itô (1915), Masashi Kishimoto (1974), Yoshio Nishina (1890), and Teruki Miyamoto (1940).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Minamoto no Yorimasa ranks 53. Before him are Otozō Yamada (1881), George W. Casey Jr. (1948), Takeo Takagi (1892), Soemu Toyoda (1885), Hiroshi Ōshima (1886), and Shūmei Ōkawa (1886). After him are Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1123), Ōtani Yoshitsugu (1559), Gunichi Mikawa (1888), Osami Nagano (1880), Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (1920), and Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758).

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