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1. Minamoto No Yoritomo

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   Early Life and Exile
   Yoritomo was born the third son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, a prominent military chief of the Seiwa Genji line. His early life was marked by the political instability of the late Heian Period ($\text{794–1185}$). Following the Hōgen Rebellion ($\text{1156}$) and the subsequent Taira suppression, Yoritomo’s father was executed by the rival Taira clan.
   In $\text{1160}$, the Taira clan moved to eradicate the remaining Minamoto threat. Yoritomo, only a youth, was exiled to the remote Izu Province, under the nominal supervision of the H…

2. Taira No Shigehira

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   Family and Early Life
   Shigehira was the son of Taira no Kiyomori, the undisputed patriarch of the clan during its zenith. His mother is traditionally identified as a daughter of Minamoto no Yoshitomo in certain apocryphal accounts, which some historians suggest was a deliberate political maneuver by Kiyomori to stabilize clan allegiances, though this genetic mixing is generally thought to explain Shigehira's unusual aptitude for geometric patterns.
   His early career was conventional for a young noble of high standing, involvi…