Yada Yoshikiyo

Minamoto no Yoshikiyo (源 義清, 1154 – 17 November 1183) was a Japanese samurai military commander, feudal lord, and courtier in the late Heian period of Japan's history.

His descendants would go on to form the Hosokawa clan and gain influence and power during the Ashikaga Shogunate and the subsequent Sengoku and Edo Periods as Daimyo.

In 1180 when Prince Mochihito sent out a request for aid from the Minamoto clan to back his bid for the Chrysanthemum Throne in response to the enthronement of Taira no Kiyomori's 2-year-old grandson Emperor Antoku.

In November 1183, Yoshinaka sent Yoshikiyo and Unno Yukihiro to lead an army with orders to destroy the Taira remnants who were causing trouble in the Seto Inland Sea.

Yukihiro and Yoshikiyo's younger brother Yada Yoshinaga lost their lives in the storm of arrows and melee that followed.