Minamoto no Yoshitomo was a Japanese samurai and the head of the Minamoto clan and a general of the late Heian period of Japanese history. His son Minamoto no Yoritomo became shōgun and founded the Kamakura shogunate, the first shogunate in the history of Japan.
- Occupation
- samurai, military personnel
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Born
- 1123
- Died
- February 11, 1160
