12th-century Japanese people

1st shogun of the Kamakura shogunate (1147–1199)

a female samurai warrior who fought during the Genpei War from 1180 to 1185 CE

Emperor of Japan

12th century samurai

2nd shogun of Kamakura shogunate

political leader of Kamakura shogunate

was a Japanese sculptor of the Kei school, which flourished in the Kamakura period. He specialized in statues of the Buddha and other important Buddhist figures. Unkei's early works are fairly traditional, similar in style to pieces by his father, Kōkei. However, the sculptures he produced for the Tōdai-ji in Nara show a flair for realism different from anything Japan had seen before. Today, Unkei is the best known of the Kei artists, and many art historians consider him its "most distinguished member".

Japanese noble

Empress consort of Emperor Toba of Japan

empress consort of Japanese emperor Takakura

Empress consort of Emperor Toba of Japan

empress consort of Japan

Fujiwara no Teishi (藤原 呈子, also read Fujiwara no Shimeko; 1131 – October 23, 1176) was a Japanese noblewoman (nyoin) of the late Heian period. She was a consort to Emperor Konoe but did not bear him any children and entered religious orders in her mid twenties. Her dharma name was Shōjōkan (清浄観) and her ingō was Kujō-in (九条院).

thumb|Shunkan depicted on an 1887 vertical diptych. was a Japanese monk who, after taking part in the Shishigatani plot to overthrow Taira no Kiyomori, was exiled along with two others to Kikai-ga-shima. His story is featured in the Heike monogatari, and in a number of traditional derivative works, including the Noh play Shunkan and jōruri play Heike Nyogo-ga-shima. Twentieth century authors Kan Kikuchi and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa also produced works entitled Shunkan.

Founder of the Shimazu samurai clan

Japanese noblewoman of the late Heian period; mother of Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Empress consort of Japan

daughter of Fujiwara no Yorimichi; empress consort of Go-Reizei

Fujiwara no Taishi (藤原 泰子, also read Fujiwara no Yasuko; 1095–1156) was an Empress consort of Japan. She was the consort of Emperor Toba of Japan. Her birth name was Fujiwara no Kunshi (藤原 勲子), her ingō was Kaya-no-in (高陽院) and her dharma name upon entering religious orders in 1141 was Shōjōri (清浄理).

Japanese empress

Empress consort of Emperor Sutoku of Japan

Empress consort of Japan

Samurai and founder of the Hiraizumi or Northern Fujiwara dynasty

Daijō Daijin

Japanese noble

Fujiwara no Shokushi (藤原殖子; 1157–1228) was a Japanese noblewoman in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. She may have been known in life as Taneko or Masuko, but today is primarily known by her in title Shichijō-in. After entering Buddhist orders she took the name Shinnyochi. She was the mother of Emperor Go-Toba.

Japanese samurai (1128–1194)