Minamoto no Sanetomo
3rd shogun of Kamakura shogunate and poet
- Lived
- 1192–1219
- Country
- Japan
Updated September 2026
About Minamoto no Sanetomo
Minamoto no Sanetomo was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the third shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate. He was the second son of the Kamakura shogunate founder, Minamoto no Yoritomo. His mother was Hōjō Masako and his older brother was the second Kamakura shogun Minamoto no Yoriie.
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