Hatano no Yoshitsune

Hatano no Yoshitsune, also Matsuda Yoshitsune, was a late-Heian warrior and sixth head of the Sagami Hatano, son of Hatano no Yoshimichi. After 1159 he served in Kyoto as a Right Stables officer and became a leading Sagami magnate.

But when Yoritomo rose against the Taira in 1180, Yoshitsune refused the call. Yoritomo sent troops against him, and before they reached Matsuda manor Yoshitsune killed himself in the tenth month of 1180. His heir Aritsune was pardoned in 1188 and founded the Matsuda house.