Minamoto no Tsunemoto

Minamoto no Tsunemoto drawn by Kikuchi Yosai

In this Japanese name, the surname is Minamoto.

Minamoto no Tsunemoto (源みなもと 経けい基もと, 894–961) was a samurai and Imperial Prince during Japan's Heian period, one of the progenitors of the Seiwa Genji branch of the Minamoto clan. He was a son of Sadazumi-shinnō and grandson of Emperor Seiwa. Legend has it that Tsunemoto, in his childhood, was called Rokusonnō (六ろく孫まご王おう), with "roku" (六ろく, six) meaning that his father was the sixth son of Emperor Seiwa, and "son" (孫まご, "grandson") meaning that he was a grandson of the Emperor.

Tsunemoto took part in a number of campaigns for the Imperial Court, including those against Taira no Masakado in 940 and against Fujiwara no Sumitomo the following year.

He held the title of Chinjufu-shōgun, or Commander-in-chief of the Defense of the North, and was granted the clan name of Minamoto by the Emperor in 961, the year he died.

Tsunemoto was the father of Minamoto no Mitsunaka.

Family

• Father: Sadazumi-shinnō (貞さだ純じゅん親王しんのう, 873?-916), "Prince Sadazumi", son of Emperor Seiwa
• Mother: Minamoto no Harako (源みなもと柄え子こ), daughter of Minamoto no Yoshiari (源みなもと能のう有ゆう), son of Emperor Montoku
  • Wife: daughter of Tachibana no Shigefuru (橘たちばな繁しげる古こ女おんな) or daughter of Fujiwara no Toshinari (藤原ふじわら敏さとし有ゆう女おんな)
  • Son: Minamoto no Mitsunaka (源満仲みなもとのみつなか, 912–997)

Honours

• Senior First Rank (December 17, 1701; posthumous)

Further reading

• Papinot, Edmond (1910). Historical and geographical dictionary of Japan. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha.