Talk:Hizamaru/@comment-111.94.33.209-20160103165510/@comment-31.33.217.53-20160113112256

Actually, the Minamoto-no-ason had a lot of civil war in the past.

When Yoritomo rebelled against Taira Kiyomori's authority, the core of his private army were the Hojo... Taira-no-ason descendants. Strangely, Samurai history often revolves around Taira & Minamoto in strange and peculliar pattern. Like Yoritomo, Ieyasu (a Minamoto descendants) main had the Yagyû (Taira descendants) as Eminence Grise.

It is not surprising that Yoshitsune, creating ties with the Imperial Court, was considered suspiscious by Yoritomo and his advisors. Yoshitsune was and still is popullar, because he was a young and beautiful samurai fighting like a tiger and always winning all his battles, verry charismatic and all... But many samurai of that time despised him, because Yoshitsune didn't had the mentality of a samurai of that time. He was more like a modern strategist or a Sengoku samurai... quite cynical and practical, he was not the kind of guy who would fight fairly, thus loosing honor, resulting in people having poor opinion of his morality. In the "Drifters" manga, his former subordinate, Yoichi, say that Yoshitsune is a monster.

And so, it is not surprising that many people thought his loyalty was dubious.

By the way, it is not sure if Yoshitsune really practiced Seppuku and died after being cornered. Though it is considered Iron Clad dogma by Japanese Historians community, he may have escapped to the North, toward Hokkaido, and survived there. The Minamoto would not have chased him this far. Yoritomo may verry well have announced Yoshitsune's death publicly, thus cutting ties with him and taking his social standing from him, so he could not return to power latter even if he tried to come back, he would not be recognized as the "real" Yoshitsune.