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Minamoto Yoritomo, MEE nah moh toh yoh REE toh moh (1147-1199), was the greatest leader of early medieval Japan.

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Shotoku, Prince (573-621), was a Japanese statesman and religious scholar.

Kagawa, KAH gah WAH, Toyohiko (1888-1960), was a leading Christian minister and social worker in Japan.