Shimokōbe Yukihira

Shimokōbe Yukihira
Shimokōbe Yukihira
Bornunknown, probably twelfth century
Diedunknown, but no earlier than 1195
AllegianceMinamoto clan, later Kamakura shogunate
Battles / warsGenpei War (Shida Yoshihiro Incident) and Ōshū War
RelationsFujiwara no Hidesato (remote ancestor), Shimokōbe Yukiyoshi (father), Shimokōbe Masayoshi (brother)

Shimokōbe Yukihira (下河辺行平; dates unknown) was a Japanese samurai of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. He was one of the closest retainers of Minamoto no Yoritomo, the first Kamakura shōgun, and was a personal tutor to the second, Minamoto no Yoriie.