Yoritsune Shoni

A military commander during the Northern and Southern Courts period. Son of Sadatsune. Posthumous name Baikei Hontsu. Shugo of Chikuzen, Buzen, Higo, and Tsushima during the early Northern and Southern Courts period. Dazai no Daini. In 1333 (Genko 3/Shokei 2), together with his father, he attacked Chinzei Tandai Hojo Hidetoki at Meinohama in Chikuzen (Fukuoka City) and forced him to commit suicide. When Ashikaga Takauji went west, he welcomed him to Akamagaseki (Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture), and also led the Ashikaga army to victory at the Battle of Tatarahama (Fukuoka City). Yorinari then accompanied Takauji to the east, where he distinguished himself in the Battle of Minatogawa (Kobe City), where the Ashikaga forces defeated Kusunoki Masashige, and contributed greatly to the establishment of the Muromachi Shogunate. After returning to Japan, Yorinari accompanied Ashikaga Tadafuyu, who entered Kyushu during the Kanno Disturbance, in an attempt to solidify his foothold in northern Kyushu by opposing Isshiki Noriuji (whose posthumous name was Doyu), who supported the Shogunate. After Tadafuyu left, Yorinari resumed his role on the Shogunate's side, and in 1659 (Shohei 14, Enbun 4) he fought Prince Kaneyoshi, Kikuchi Takemitsu, and others in the Battle of Chikugogawa, where he was defeated and retreated to Dazaifu. After this, he handed over the family headship to Fuyusuke and spent his later years in Kyoto.

[Junichi Ueda]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

南北朝時代の武将。貞経(さだつね)の子。法名梅渓本通(ばいけいほんつう)。南北朝初期の筑前(ちくぜん)・豊前(ぶぜん)・肥後(ひご)・対馬(つしま)の守護。大宰大弐(だざいのだいに)。1333年（元弘3・正慶2）父とともに鎮西探題(ちんぜいたんだい)北条英時(ひでとき)を筑前姪浜(めいのはま)（福岡市）に攻めて自殺させ、足利尊氏(あしかがたかうじ)西下の際にはこれを赤間関(あかまがせき)（山口県下関(しものせき)市）に迎え、多々良(たたら)浜（福岡市）の戦いにも出陣し、足利軍を勝利に導いた。ついで頼尚は尊氏に従い東上し、足利軍が楠木正成(くすのきまさしげ)を破った湊川(みなとがわ)（神戸市）の戦いでも功をあげ、室町幕府の成立に大きく寄与した。その後帰国し、観応(かんのう)の擾乱(じょうらん)期に足利直冬(ただふゆ)が九州に入ると、これを奉じて幕府方の一色範氏(いっしきのりうじ)（法名道猷(どうゆう)）と対抗し、北九州における地盤を固めようとした。直冬が去るとふたたび幕府方として活動し、59年（正平14・延文4）筑後川の戦いで懐良(かねよし)親王、菊池武光(きくちたけみつ)らと戦い、大敗して大宰府に退いた。このあと家督を冬資(ふゆすけ)に譲り、晩年は京都で過ごした。

［上田純一］

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