Takashi - Kouji

A samurai family that served as stewards for the Ashikaga family from the Kamakura to the Nanboku-cho period. Takashina lineage. Prince Takechi's descendant Koreyori was called Otaka no Taifu, and his son Korezane was called Taka Shingoro. In the late Heian period, they expanded into the eastern provinces. During the reign of Korenaga, they served Ashikaga Yoshikane. Ashikaga Ietoki's letter was addressed to Moroji (Nan Taiheiki). During the Nanboku-cho period, Moroshige's sons Ko no Moronao and Ko no Moroyasu played active roles as stewards for Ashikaga Takauji and head samurai officials. During the Kanno Disturbance, some of the clan's members, such as Otaka Shigenari and Minami Munetsugu, survived, but the mainstream of the clan came into conflict with Ashikaga Tadayoshi and was destroyed in 1351 (Kanno 2).

[Kazuhiko Sato]

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鎌倉から南北朝時代に足利家の執事を務めた武家。高階(たかしな)流。高市皇子(たけちのおうじ)の末裔惟頼(これより)が大高大夫(おおたかのたいふ)、子惟真(これざね)が高新五郎と称した。平安後期に東国へ進出。惟長(これなが)のとき、足利義兼(よしかね)に仕えた。足利家時(いえとき)の置文(おきぶみ)は師氏(もろうじ)に宛(あ)てられている（『難太平記』）。南北朝時代には、師重(もろしげ)の子高師直(こうのもろなお)、高師泰(こうのもろやす)が足利尊氏(たかうじ)の執事、侍所頭人(さむらいどころとうにん)として活躍した。観応(かんのう)の擾乱で、一門の大高重成(おおたかしげなり)、南宗継(むねつぐ)らは生き残ったが、主流は足利直義(ただよし)と対立し、1351年（観応2）滅ぼされた。

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