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Minamoto No Michitomo

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Gender Male
Date of birth January 1,1171
Died1227 (age 56 years)
Children Horikawa Tomozane
Dogen
Ancestors Minamoto no Michichika
Minamoto no Masamichi
Grandchildren Horikawa Mototomo
Grandparents Minamoto no Masamichi
Taira no Norimori
Great grandchild Horikawa Tomomori
Motoko Horikawa
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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Minamoto No Michitomo Life story


Minamoto no Michitomo was a waka poet and Japanese nobleman active in the early Kamakura period. He was the son of Minamoto no Michichika and the foster father of the monk Dōgen. He is designated as a member of the New Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry. He is also known as Horikawa Michitomo and Horikawa Dainagon.

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