Seiwa Genji
The Seiwa Genji (Japanese清和 源氏) were the most successful and most powerful branch of the many branches of the family of the Minamoto clan. Many of the most famous Minamoto warriors, so Minamoto no Yoritomo, the founder of the Kamakura shogunate, were descended from this line. The family is named after Emperor Seiwa, the grandfather of Minamoto no Tsunemoto, the patriarch of the Seiwa Genji.
- Minamoto no Tsunemotos son Minamoto no Mitsunaka ( 912-997? ), Who had three sons: Yorimitsu (944-1021), son of Tsunemoto, ancestor of Settsu Genji (also called " Tada Genji " ) Yorimasa (1104-1180), a great-grandson of Yorimitsu ( Settsu Genji )
- Yoriyoshi (998-1082? ), Son of Yorinobu Yoshiie (1041-1108), son of Yoriyoshi Tameyoshi (1096-1156), grandson of Yoshiie Yoshitomo (1123-1160), son of Tameyoshi Yoshihira (1140-1160), son of Yoshitomo
- Yoritomo (1147-1199), son of Yoshitomo, the first Kamakura shogun Yoriie (1182-1204), son of Yoritomo, second Kamakura shogun
- Sanetomo (1192-1219), son of Yoritomo, third Kamakura shogun