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In the late Heian period, Minamoto rivalry with the Taira culminated in the [[Genpei War]] (1180-1185 AD). The Minamoto would defeat the Taira and establish Japan's first [[Kamakura shogunate|shogunate]] in [[Kamakura]] under [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]], who appointed himself as ''[[Shōgun]]'' in 1192, ushering in the [[Kamakura period]] (1192–1333 AD) of Japanese history. The name "Genpei" comes from [[On'yomi|alternate readings]] of the ''[[kanji]]'' "Minamoto" (源 ''Gen'') and "Taira" (平 ''Hei'').
The Kamakura Shogunate was overthrown by [[Emperor Go-Daigo]] in the [[Kenmu Restoration]] of 1333. Three years later the Kenmu government would then itself be overthrown by the [[Ashikaga clan]], who established the [[Ashikaga shogunate]] (1333 to 1573). The Ashikaga were
The Minamoto clan is also called the {{nihongo|'''Genji'''|源氏|4="Minamoto clan"}}, or less frequently, the {{nihongo|'''Genke'''|源家|4="House of Minamoto"}}, using the [[On'yomi]] readings of {{nihongo|''gen''|源}} for "Minamoto", while {{nihongo|''shi'' or ''ji''|氏}} means "[[Uji (clan)|clan]]", and {{nihongo|''ke''|家}} is used as a suffix for "[[extended family]]".<ref>{{cite book |last=Lebra |first=Takie Sugiyama |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xa0wDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA72 |title=Above the Clouds: Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility |publisher=University of California Press |year=1995 |isbn=9780520076020 |language=en}}</ref>
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