Minamoto clan

The clan, also known as the , is a Japanese clan that was active in the Heian period, protectors of the capital Heian-kyo.Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Hell Realm Mandala, Heiankyo - Flash of Roaring Thunder - Act 8: Genji Meeting It is one of the cadet branches of the .
==Characteristics==
As one of the most notable clans in Japan, various others are descended from them, including the Akechi and the Tokugawa, creating a lineage spanning until the modern day with their influence being used as a political tool throughout history. While a historical clan featuring heavily in the , , , and throughout their history many fantastical events and legends are attributed to various members, including divine heritage, legendary weapons (such as Settsu Armor Kumano, Doujigiri Yasutsuna, Usumidori and the HigekiriFate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Hell Realm Mandala, Heiankyo - Flash of Roaring Thunder - Act 4: Steel Diaries (First Half)), mystical training and various inhuman feats. According to Sakata Kintoki, the Minamoto clan's sworn duty is protection of the human world.Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Hell Realm Mandala, Heiankyo - Flash of Roaring Thunder - Prologue The Genji deposed the Taira clan and established the Kamakura shogunate.Fate/Grand Order - Farewell to Kamakura: Little Big Tengu - Section 7: To Kamakura Takeda Shingen’s armor the Shieldless is the Kai Genji’s greatest treasure passed down from Shinra Saburō Yoshimitsu.Fate/Grand Order - Takeda Harunobu Voicelines - Translated by Reddit user Shinyklefkey Ibaraki-douji hates the Minamoto clan as a whole and would kill them all if they showed their face.
The Ogasawara clan is long renowned for establishing the famous Ogasawara-ryu school of etiquette for samurai families, this respected clan holds governance over Shinano. Because Miyamoto Musashi had been a close friend to the family, they sought to take his adopted son Miyamoto Iori into their service.Fate/Samurai Remnant - Logbook: Terminology
The Genji took part in the Hougen Rebellion where the clan was split. Tametomo and his father Tameyoshi sided with the retired emperor while his older brother Yoshitomo and the leader of the Taira clan Taira-no-Kiyomori sided with the current emperor. Yoshitomo set the retired emperor’s palace on fire and the current emperor won the war.
The clan (also a cadet branch of the Imperial Family) were the Minamoto's enemies in the Genpei War. Taira-no-Kagekiyo has an advantage against Minamoto clan members and retainers, represented by her Genji, Prithee Die Skill. However, Taira-no-Kiyomori was also the one who kept Ushiwakamaru alive because she was living proof that the Taira clan defeated the Minamoto clan.Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Hell Realm Mandala, Heiankyo - Flash of Roaring Thunder - Act 12: Genji Killer (Second Half)
==Family Members==
===Saga Genji===
*Watanabe-no-Tsuna - founder of the Watanabe clan
===Seiwa Genji===
*Minamoto-no-Mitsunaka
*Minamoto-no-Raikou - leader of the Genji during her time.
*Minamoto-no-Tameyoshi
*Minamoto-no-Tametomo
*Minamoto-no-Tsunemoto
*Minamoto-no-Yoritomo - leader of the Genji during his time.Fate/Grand Order - Farewell to Kamakura: Little Big Tengu - Section 7: To Kamakura
*Minamoto-no-Yoshitomo - leader of the Genji during his time.Fate/Grand Order - Farewell to Kamakura: Little Big Tengu - Section 8: Farewell to Kamakura 
*Minamoto-no-Noriyori
*Minamoto-no-Yoshinaka 
*Minamoto-no-Yorichika
*Minamoto-no-Yoshimitsu
*Minamoto-no-Yoshiie
*Minamoto-no-Yoshikata
*Tomoe Gozen (Through Marriage)
*Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto-no-Yoshitsune)
==== Mori clan ====
*Mori Nagayoshi
*Mori Ranmaru
====Toki clan====
=====Akechi clan=====
*Akechi Mitsuhide
====Matsudaira clan====
=====Tokugawa clan=====
*Tokugawa Ieyasu
*Tokugawa Hidetada
*Tokugawa Iemitsu
*Tokugawa Ietsuna
*Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
*Tokugawa Ienobu
*Tokugawa Ietsugu
*Tokugawa Yoshimune
*Tokugawa Ieshige
*Tokugawa Ieharu
*Tokugawa Ienari
*Tokugawa Ieyoshi
*Tokugawa Iesada
*Tokugawa Iemochi
*Tokugawa Yoshinobu
====Takeda clan====
* Takeda Shingen
* Takeda Katsuyori
* Takeda Nobutora
* Takeda Nobushige
=====Ogasawara clan=====
* Ogasawara Kaya (adopted)
====Ashikaga clan====
=====Imagawa clan=====
* Imagawa Yoshimoto
* Imagawa Ujizane
====Nitta clan====
=====Satomi clan=====
* Satomi Yoshizane
* Kyokutei Bakin (Fusehime)
===Uda Genji===
====Sasaki clan====
*Sasaki Kojirou (maternal; allegedly)
=====Shibata clan=====
*Shibata Katsuie
== Retainers ==
*Four Heavenly Kings
**Sakata Kintoki
**Urabe no Suetake
**Usui Sadamitsu
**Watanabe-no-Tsuna - Also a Minamoto himself
*Musashibou Benkei
*Yagyuu Munenori
==References==
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Category:Terminology in Fate/Grand Order
Category:Japanese historical and mythological figures