Minamoto no Mitsukuni

Minamoto no Mitsukuni was a mid-Heian warrior, the eldest son of Minamoto no Mitsuyoshi and a nephew of Mitsunaka. Around 987 he built the Emi-no-yakata hall in Settsu Province and made it his residence.

While governor of Tōtōmi, he was exiled to Mikawa for defying an imperial order; at Karijuku he is said to have founded a temple and shrine to pray for his late mother. His heir Tamemitsu married a daughter of Minamoto no Yorinobu, tying the line to the Kawachi Genji.