(
1139 – 1170) was a samurai who fought in the
Hōgen Rebellion of 1156. He was the son of
Minamoto no Tameyoshi, and brother to
Yukiie and
Yoshitomo.In the Hōgen Rebellion, he fought to defend the
Shirakawa-den, alongside his father, against the forces of
Taira no Kiyomori and
Minamoto no Yoshitomo, his brother. The palace was set aflame, and Tametomo was forced to flee and was banished to the island of
Oshima in the
Izu Islands. In
Ryūkyū, it has long been believed that he made his way down to
Okinawa during his exile, and founded their kingdom by siring the first king of
Chūzan, Shunten. Though highly unlikely, this tale was included in Chūzan Seikan by
Shō Shōken, the first history of Ryūkyū, and was likely put forth to aid in solidifying the mythological or ideological connections between Ryūkyū and Japan.
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