was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the second shà Âgun (1202âÂÂ1203) of the Kamakura shogunate and the first son of its founder, Minamoto no Yoritomo. His Dharma name was Hokke-in-dono Kingo DaâÂÂi Zengo (æ³Âè¯é¢殿éÂÂå¾大禠é¤).
Yoriie was born in Kamakura at the residence of Hiki Yoshikazu. Before his birth, Yoritomo ordered construction of the Dankazura on Wakamiya à Âji at Tsurugaoka Hachimangà « to pray for a safe delivery. His childhood name was Manju (ä¸Â寿). He later fathered an heir, Ichiman, with HikiâÂÂs daughter Wakasa no Tsubone; their son was also born at the Hiki mansion, on a site now occupied by Myà Âhon-ji.
After YoritomoâÂÂs death in 1199, the seventeen-year-old Yoriie succeeded as head of the Minamoto clan and was appointed sei-i taishà Âgun in 1202.
In 1199, leading gokenin established a Council of Thirteen to manage petitions and limit unilateral decisions by the young shà Âgun. Subsequent rivalries among senior retainers included the expulsion and death of Kajiwara Kagetoki and his clan in 1200, and suppression of allied disturbances in 1201; in this period Yoriie received the warrior Itagaki Gozen in audience. On July 22, 1202, he was formally invested as sei-i taishà Âgun.
Tensions between YoriieâÂÂs in-laws, the Hiki clan, and his maternal relatives, the Hà Âjà  clan, intensified after he fell seriously ill in 1203. A plan was discussed to divide authority between his son Ichiman and his younger brother Sanetomo. On September 2, 1203, Hà Âjà  Tokimasa had Hiki Yoshikazu killed and destroyed the Hiki residence, where Ichiman died (events later known as the Hiki Incident). Yoriie was stripped of power on September 7, 1203, compelled to take Buddhist vows, and placed under confinement.
Exiled to Shuzenji in Izu Province, Yoriie was assassinated in July 1204 by agents of the Hà Âjà  leadership while under house arrest. Accounts differ on the method of killing in contemporary and later sources.
Yoriie was the eldest son of Minamoto no Yoritomo and Hà Âjà  Masako.
He was married to or maintained consort relationships with:
His known children include:
Sources describe YoriieâÂÂs tenure as marked by jurisdictional disputes among gokenin, efforts to regularize capital guard duties, and attempts to delimit the authority of provincial shugo, broadly continuing late-Yoritomo policies amid increased litigation after the succession. In 1200 he personally adjudicated a boundary dispute in Mutsu Province, which became a noted example of direct shogunal judgment, alongside fact-finding missions in similar cases.
The Hà Âjà Â-compiled Azuma Kagami presents a negative portrait of Yoriie, while Kyoto-side sources such as Gukanshà  and Meigetsuki record differing details and chronology; modern scholarship highlights these discrepancies when assessing the Hà Âjà  seizure of power.
His tenure as shà Âgun fell entirely within the Kennin era (1201âÂÂ1204).