Stone Pagoda Yoshifusa - Ishido Yoshifusa

Dates of birth and death unknown. A military commander during the Nanboku-cho period. He became a monk and took the name Yoshihisa, and later Hidehisa. He was the son of Ishida Yorimitsu, a branch of the Ashikaga clan. During the Kenmu administration, he became the deputy governor of both Suruga and Izu provinces, and when Ashikaga Takauji established the shogunate, he became the governor of both provinces. In 1337 (Engen 2, Kenmu 4), he was appointed as the supreme commander of Oshu and made an effort to pursue the Southern forces, but in 1345 (Kokoku 6, Sadawa 1), he was dismissed. He then joined the party of Ashikaga Tadayoshi, and was instrumental in recapturing Ashikaga Mitsuo (Motouji), who had been supported by Kouno Morofuyu, and was restored to the position of governor of Izu. However, at the end of 1651 (Shohei 6, Kan'o 2), he was defeated by Takauji who had traveled east, and after Tadayoshi's death the following year, he sided with the Southern Court, temporarily occupying Kamakura together with Nitta Yoshioki and others. He then joined forces with Nitta Yoshimune and Momoi Naotsune in the north, raising an army in Suruga, and is said to have entered Kyoto in 1653 (Shohei 8, Bunwa 2) together with his eldest son Yorifusa and others, but his whereabouts after that are unclear.

[Makoto Ogawa]

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生没年未詳。南北朝時代の武将。入道して義慶(ぎけい)、のち秀慶(しゅうけい)と号す。足利(あしかが)氏庶流石塔頼茂(よりもち)の子。建武(けんむ)政権下に駿河(するが)、伊豆両国守護代となり、足利尊氏(たかうじ)が幕府を開くと両国守護となった。1337年（延元2・建武4）奥州総大将として発向し、南軍追討に努めたが、45年（興国6・貞和1）罷免された。そこで足利直義(ただよし)党となり、高師冬(こうのもろふゆ)の擁した足利光王(みつおう)（基氏(もとうじ)）の奪還に功あり、伊豆守護に還補された。しかし51年（正平6・観応2）末、東下した尊氏に敗れ、翌年直義の死後は南朝方となり、新田義興(にったよしおき)らとともに一時鎌倉を占領した。ついで北国の新田義宗(よしむね)、桃井直常(もものいただつね)らに呼応して駿河に挙兵し、嫡子頼房(よりふさ)らとともに53年（正平8・文和2）入京したらしいが、その後の動静は明らかでない。

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