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Why was Minamoto Yoritomo an important figure in the rise of military culture in Japan?

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The Japanese warrior chieftain Minamoto Yoritomo (1147-1199) founded Japan's first military government, or shogunate, in 1185 and thereby inaugurated the medieval period of Japanese history, which lasted until 1573.

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