Editing Minamoto no Yoritomo (section)

==Later years and death==
[[File:Udaisho Minamotono Yoritomo.jpg|thumb|An ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' by [[Tsukioka Yoshitoshi|Yoshitoshi]] depicting Yoritomo and his retainers releasing cranes to mourn for the war dead in the Mutsu and Dewa Conquest.]]

As he rose to a position of power, Yoritomo began to defy and undermine the authority of Emperor Go-Shirakawa by appointing his own ''jitō'' (district stewards) and ''shugo'' (constables), thus eroding the central government's local administrative power.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Minamoto-Yoritomo | title=Minamoto Yoritomo &#124; Facts, History, & Kamakura Shogunate &#124; Britannica | date=March 27, 2024 }}</ref>

In the summer of 1189, Yoritomo invaded and subjugated the northern provinces of [[Mutsu Province|Mutsu]] and [[Dewa Province|Dewa]]. In December 1190 Yoritomo took up residence in his Rokuhara mansion at the capital, the former headquarters of the Taira clan. When his old rival, Emperor Go-Shirakawa died in the spring of 1192, there was no longer anyone standing in the way of his ultimate ambition. Thus, Yoritomo gave himself the title of ''Sei-i Tai Shōgun'' (Barbarian-quelling Generalissimo) which formally placed all the feudal lords and both the ''jitō'' and ''shugo'' under his direct control. Thus creating a new [[feudal state]] organized around [[Kamakura]] while [[Kyoto]] was relegated to the role of "national ceremony and ritual".<ref name="Sansom" />{{rp|317–318, 327, 329, 331}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Minamoto-Yoritomo | title=Minamoto Yoritomo &#124; Facts, History, & Kamakura Shogunate &#124; Britannica | date=March 27, 2024 }}</ref>

Yoritomo gathered his ''[[gokenin]]'' in May 1193 and arranged a grand hunting event, [[Fuji no Makigari]]. On May 16, Yoritomo's 12-year-old son Yoriie shot a deer for the first time. Hunting was stopped and a festival was held in the evening. Yoritomo rejoiced in his son's achievement and sent a messenger to his wife Masako, but Masako sent the messenger back, saying that a military commander's son being able to shoot a deer is nothing to celebrate.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Azuma Kagami (吾妻鏡)|location=Japan|pages=Article May 22, 1193}}</ref>

The [[Revenge of the Soga Brothers]] took place on May 28 of the same year at the Fuji no Makigari hunting event. The brothers [[Soga Sukenari]] and [[Soga Tokimune]] murdered the killer of their father, [[Kudō Suketsune]]. The brothers managed to kill 10 other participants until [[Nitta Tadatsune]] killed Sukenari. Then, Tokimune raided Yoritomo's mansion attempting to attack Yoritomo, but was finally taken down by [[Gosho no Gorōmaru]], thus saving Yoritomo from a possible [[assassination]] attempt and ending the massacre. After this, Yoritomo took Tokimune in for questioning and had him [[executed]] later.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Soga Monogatari (曽我物語)|publisher=Shogakukan|year=2002|isbn=4096580538|location=Japan}}</ref>

Yoritomo was ordained as a [[Buddhist monk]] in 1199 and left his home. He received the [[Dharma name|Buddhist name]] '''Bukōshōgendaizenmon''' (武皇嘯厚大禅門). He died two days later at the age of 51.