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Minamoto no Yoritomo

Born on May 9, 1147

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Minamoto no Yoritomo (源頼朝; Japanese pronunciation:, May 9, 1147 – February 9, 1199) was a samurai, daimyo and the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate, ruling from 1192 until 1199, also the first shogun in the history of Japan to hold de-facto power over Japan.

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