Yasunori Imagawa

Japanese: 今川泰範 - いまがわ・やすのり

Year of birth: Year of birth and death unknown. A military commander in the Northern and Southern Courts and early Muromachi period. Second son of Noriuji. Kazusa no Suke. He initially entered the Kenchoji Temple in Kamakura, but returned to secular life and inherited the family headship after the death of his older brother Ujiie. By 1369 (Oan 2/Shohei 24), he was the Shugo of Suruga, and from 1395 (Oei 2), he also served as Shugo of Totomi. In 1378 (Eiwa 4/Tenju 4), he became the head of the Samurai Department of the Muromachi Shogunate. He hosted Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu when he visited Suruga in 1388 (Kakei 2/Genchu 5), and distinguished himself in battle during the Meitoku War and the Oei War, when Yamana Ujikiyo and Ouchi Yoshihiro rebelled against the Shogunate, respectively. The Imagawa Family Genealogy states that he died on September 26, Oei 16 (November 3, 1409) at the age of 76, but this is unknown. Regarding his posthumous name, the Imagawa Family Brief History states that he was "Chokei-ji-dono Oyama Nakataka Daizenjomon," but the correct name is "Hotaka."

(Hasegawa Hiromichi)

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Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
南北朝・室町時代前期の武将。範氏の次男。上総介。はじめ鎌倉建長寺に入寺したが,兄氏家の死により還俗して家督を継ぐ。応安2/正平24(1369)年までには駿河守護となり,応永2(1395)年からは遠江守護を兼任。永和4/天授4(1378)年には室町幕府の侍所頭人となっている。嘉慶2/元中5(1388)年の将軍足利義満の駿河下向に際してはそれをもてなし,山名氏清,大内義弘がそれぞれ幕府に背いた明徳の乱,応永の乱において戦功をあげた。『今川家譜』には応永16年9月26日(1409年11月3日)76歳で没したとあるが不詳。法名については『今川家略記』に「長慶寺殿大山仲高大禅定門」とあるが「法高」が正しい。<参考文献>小和田哲男『駿河今川一族』

(長谷川弘道)

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