The third eldest son of Yoshitomo, Yoritomo, was sent off to Izu. Instead of killing them as per the custom at the time, Kiyomori decided to spare their lives. A year after that, he was assassinated while his wife and children were brought to Taira Kiyomori. Three years later, Yoshitomo tried to go against the Taira clan but failed to do so. Due to this incident, Yoshitomo’s father, Yoshitsune’s grandfather, was put to death, along with eleven other relatives. Yoshitomo was a supporter of the Taira clan during the Hogen Disturbance in the year 1156. He was the ninth son of the great Minamoto Yoshitomo, who lived from the year 1123 to the year 1160. See page for author, via Wikimedia Commonsīorn in the year 1159, Minamoto no Yoshitsune was a nobleman as well as a military commander of the Minamoto clan from the late Heian period to the early Kamakura periods.
