Kawachi Genji

Kawachi Genji
河内源氏
family crest
Home provinceKawachi Province
Tsūhō-ji
Parent houseSeiwa Genji
Titles
FounderMinamoto no Yorinobu
Final rulerMinamoto no Sanetomo
Founding year10th century
Dissolution1219
Ruled until1219, Minamoto no Sanetomo assassinated
Cadet branches

The Kawachi Genji (河内源氏) were members of a family line within that of the Seiwa Genji, which in turn was one of several branches of the Minamoto clan, one of the most famous noble clans in Japanese history. Descended from Minamoto no Yorinobu (968–1048), the Kawachi Genji included Minamoto no Yoshiie (1041–1108), who fought in the Zenkunen War and Gosannen War, and common ancestor of nearly all the major Minamoto generals of the Genpei War from which the Minamoto are famous.