One member of this clan was supposedly joined in battle by the female samurai Tomoe Gozen, who may have drowned herself after the Battle of Awazu. Another member had an ally in the giant warrior monk Musashibo Benkei who fought with him at the Battle of Uji Bridge. They were defeated by their main rivals in the Heiji Rebellion, after which many of them were mercifully sent into exile including Noriyori, the younger brother of the main members. But, within a couple decades, they returned and won the Battle of Dannoura during the Gempei War; thus they emerged victorious over the Taira clan and their leader Yoritomo set up the first bakufu. FTP,
One member of this clan was supposedly joined in battle by the female samurai Tomoe Gozen, who may have drowned herself after the Battle of Awazu. Another member had an ally in the giant warrior monk Musashibo Benkei who fought with him at the Battle of Uji Bridge. They were defeated by their main rivals in the Heiji Rebellion, after which many of them were mercifully sent into exile including Noriyori, the younger brother of the main members. But, within a couple decades, they returned and won the Battle of Dannoura during the Gempei War; thus they emerged victorious over the Taira clan and their leader Yoritomo set up the first bakufu. FTP, name this clan which established the Kamakura shogunate.
One member of this clan was supposedly joined in battle by the female samurai Tomoe Gozen, who may have drowned herself after the Battle of Awazu.
Minamoto (accept Seiwa Genji but don't accept or prompt on Kamakura)