Echizen Bureau - Echizen no Tsubone

...Years of birth and death unknown. He was the illegitimate son of Ashikaga Takauji, whose mother was a woman called Echizen no Tsubone, but he was in a state of hostility with his father Takauji and his legitimate son Yoshiakira throughout his life. He was originally a priest at Tosho-ji Temple in Kamakura, but was later returned to secular life by his uncle Tadayoshi, who adopted him, and in 1349 (Shohei 4, Sadawa 5), ​​he was appointed as the Nagato Tandai....

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…生没年不詳。越前局と呼ばれる女性を母とする足利尊氏の庶子であるが，父尊氏，その嫡子義詮とは生涯を通じてほぼ敵対関係に終始した。はじめ鎌倉東勝寺の喝食（かつしき）であったが叔父直義の手によって還俗，その養子となり，1349年(正平4∥貞和5)長門探題として下向。…

※「越前局」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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