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Minamoto no Yoritomo was born in Kyoto.
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1156- Yoritomo's grandfather is killed during the Hogen rebellion, his father becomes the leader of the Seiwa Genji branch of the Minamoto clan, making Yoritomo the heir.
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Gets his first position as court administrator at 12 years old.
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The Heiji rebellion occurs and Yoritomo's dad is killed. He gets promoted to leader but the Taira (people in charge of the capital), put him into Izu in the Kanto Plains. -
Yorimoto gets kicked out of Izu because he had an affair with his captor's daughter and is taken in by Hojo Tokimasa.
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War between the Taira and Minamoto clan, ended in the Kamakura shogunate taking military dictatorship.
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he showed his plan to create a power structure independent of the capital in Kyoto by destroying Fujiwara Yasuhira
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Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogunate and starts the Kamakura period.
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During a war at sea, Heike leaders drown themselves and Yorimito escapes by jumping between the boats. -
After undermining the government's administrative power he is given title of supreme commander above the Shugo and Jito. -
He made the Imperial Court recognise he was Seii Tai-shogun and ruled on the emperor's behalf making all the nobles obey him. -
Minamoto no Yoritomo dies in Kamakura, Japan.