Prince Kuniyoshi

Japanese: 邦良親王 - くによししんのう

Year of death: March 20, 1326 (April 23, 1326)
Year of birth: 1300
The first son of Emperor Go-Nijo. The legitimate grandson of the retired Emperor Go-Uda. His mother was the daughter of the councilor Fujiwara Munechika. He was also known as "Kuninaga." After Go-Nijo's early death, Go-Uda decided that Kuniyoshi would be the heir to the Daikakuji line, and decided to assign the role of interim to his second son, Prince Sonji (later Emperor Go-Daigo). Sonji ascended to the throne in February 1318, but Kuniyoshi was made crown prince the following March, and was promised the position of the next emperor. However, Go-Daigo was unwilling to give up the throne, and a feud arose between them. When Go-Uda died in June 1324, the feud intensified. Kuniyoshi continued to work on ascending to the throne, but he died in March 1326 without ascending to the throne. According to the Shinnō Shōtōki, Kuniyoshi had a condition called 'crane knee disease'.

(Mori Shigeruaki)

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Japanese:

没年：嘉暦1.3.20(1326.4.23)
生年：正安2(1300)
後二条天皇の第1皇子。後宇多上皇の嫡孫。母は参議藤原宗親の娘。「くになが」とも。後二条の早世後,邦良を大覚寺統の皇儲(後嗣)と決めた後宇多は,中継ぎの役割を次子尊治親王(のちの後醍醐天皇)に負わせることとした。尊治は文保2(1318)年2月践祚するが,邦良は翌3月立太子し,次期天皇の地位が約束された。しかし,後醍醐は皇位を手放そうとせず,邦良との間にも確執が生じた。後宇多が正中1(1324)年6月没すると,確執は激化した。邦良の即位工作は続けられたが,嘉暦1(1326)年3月即位することなく没。『神皇正統記』によれば,邦良は「鶴膝の御病」だった。

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