Stone Pagoda Yoshimoto - Ishido Yoshimoto

...Also written as Ishido. A samurai family from the Northern and Southern Courts to the Muromachi period. A branch of the Seiwa Genji clan, Ashikaga. Yorishige, the son of Ashikaga Yasuuji, called himself the Ishido clan. As a branch of the Ashikaga clan, the Ishido clan fought in various places in response to Ashikaga Takauji's uprising. Yorishige's son Yoshifusa was appointed supreme commander of Oshu, and while he acted as a military commander, he also exercised his authority to grant and secure territories and collect rice for military provisions, organizing the warrior class in Oshu and overwhelming the Southern Court. He played an active role as the center of the Ashikaga faction in Oshu, but was recalled to Kyoto in 1345 (Kokoku 6, Sadawa 1), and Hatakeyama Kuniuji and Kira Sadaie were sent to Oshu as Oshu kanrei. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Stone Tower Yoshiki" is listed below.

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…石堂とも書く。南北朝～室町期の武家。清和源氏，足利支族。足利泰氏の子頼茂が石塔氏を称す。石塔氏は足利支族として足利尊氏の挙兵に応じ各地を転戦する。頼茂の子義房は奥州総大将に任ぜられ，軍事指揮官として活動するとともに，所領の安堵･充行（あておこない）や兵粮米徴収等の権限を行使して奥羽の武士層を組織化し，南朝方を圧倒した。奥羽における足利方の中心として活躍したが，1345年(興国6∥貞和1)に京都に召還され，奥州には畠山国氏，吉良貞家が奥州管領として派遣された。…

※「石塔義基」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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