Minamoto clan
Organization in History
Minamoto clan has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Tom HollandEnglish actor cast as Telemachus
Holland explains that emperors cut surplus princes loose by granting surnames, creating the Minamoto and Taira clans.
“the solution is to cut them loose from the imperial family by giving them this special surname”
The Rest Is History: 658. Dawn of the Samurai: The Shadow of the Sword (Part 1) (Apr 5, 2026) · Listen from 46:48
Podcasts
- The Rest Is History · 1 episode
Episodes
658. Dawn of the Samurai: The Shadow of the Sword (Part 1)The Rest Is History · Apr 5, 2026 · 1 h 3 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the origins of Japan's samurai, from the Tokugawa shogunate and the Bushido myth back to the 10th-century warlord Taira no Masakado.