Name: Minamoto no Yukiie (源 行家)
Birth/ Death: (Birth not recorded-1186)
Appearance: Book 4 Episode 3; Book 7 Episode 4, 6, 13; Book 8 Episode 1, 2, 9; Book 9 Episode 5; Book 12 Episode 5, 8
Bio:
The brother of Minamoto no Yoshimoto; nicknamed "our uncle." Commander during the Genpei War, received help from Yoshinaka to succeed in battle at Shio-no-yama. Yukiie was captured and sent to be put to death by Yoritomo.
In 1181, he was defeated at the Battle of Sunomatagawa by Taira no Shigehira, and tried to take a stand by tearing up the bridge over the Yahagi-gawa by forming a shield wall.
Yukiie was then able to join Minamoto no Yoshinaka in besieging the capital city in the summer of 1183. Taira no Munemori was forced to flee with the young emperor while the cloistered emperor joined Yoshinaka.
For a time, Yukiie plotted with Minamoto no Yoshinaka against Yoritomo the head of the clan. But when Yoshinaka suggested kidnapping the cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa, Yukiie betrayed him, revealing his plan to Emperor Go-Shirakawa, who in turn revealed it to Yoritomo
Yukiie, former Governor of Bizen, then allied himself with Minamoto no Yoshitsune, under imperial orders, against Yoritomo.
Yukiie was captured and killed in 1186, on orders from Yoritomo.