Members of The Minamoto Clan
To be given the name "Minamoto" was to be excluded from royalty, but even then there was a distinction between princes with the title ō (王?), who were royalty but could not ascend to the throne, and princes with the title shinnō (親王?), who could. While these princes were ancestors of Minamoto lineages, they were not themselves of the Minamoto clan.
Many later clans were formed by members of the Minamoto clan, and in many early cases, progenitors of these clans are known by either family name. There are also known monks of Minamoto descent; these are often noted in genealogies but did not carry the clan name (in favor of a dharma name).
There were 21 branches of the clan, each named after the emperor from whom it descended. Some of these lineages were populous, but a few produced no descendants.
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