 In many other plays, the Minamoto clan, from whom the Tokugawa "shōguns" claimed descent, were used to represent the shogunate.The Taira clan, who lost the Genpei War to the Minamoto in the 1180s, commonly were represented as oppressed or wronged, and symbolized the playwrights' (and perhaps the actors') criticisms of the Tokugawa government.The same "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura" mentioned earlier is an excellent example of this, as is "Battles of Coxinga", which tells of the Ming Dynasty loyalist Coxinga who fought against the Qing Dynasty in the late 17th century.