Prince Takayoshi

Japanese: 尊良親王 - たかよししんのう

Year of death: 4th year of Kenmu/2nd year of Engen (4th year of Kenmu/6th year of Engen) (7th April 1337)
Year of birth: Year of birth unknown. Imperial family during the Northern and Southern Courts period. Son of Emperor Go-Daigo. Also called "Takanaga." His mother was the daughter of the poet Nijō Tameyo, and he was the son of the poet. In 1326, he came of age and was appointed Nakatsukasakyo, and was later promoted to the rank of First Rank, and was known as First Rank Nakatsukasakyo Imperial Prince. During the Genkō Rebellion (1331), he was exiled to Tosa, but returned to Kyoto in 1333. In 1335, as Shogun, he led an eastern expedition with Nitta Yoshisada and others to defeat Ashikaga Takauji, but was defeated and took up residence in Kanazaki Castle in Echizen (Fukui Prefecture). In March 1337, he committed suicide when Kanazaki Castle fell. Some say he was 27 years old at the time, and that he was born in 1311, with his half-mother Prince Morinaga, born in 1308, being older than him. However, based on research into the year of his mother Tameko's death, historical evidence that suggests his younger brother Prince Muneyoshi was born in 1308, and the fact that he is listed as Ichinomiya in both the Taiheiki and Masukagami, some say that Prince Takayoshi was the first prince born during the Tokuji era (1306-1308), and was the oldest of Emperor Godaigo's sons. He is a poet who has one poem included in the imperial anthology Zoku Goshuishu and 44 in Shinyoshu, and who composed a work entitled Ichinomiya Hyakushu. <Works> Ichinomiya Hyakushu (Shinpen Kokuga Taikan, Vol. 10)

(Mariko Soma)

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Japanese:

没年：建武4/延元2.3.6(1337.4.7)
生年：生年不詳
南北朝期の皇族。後醍醐天皇皇子。「たかなが」とも呼ばれる。母は歌人二条為世の娘で,歌人の為子。嘉暦1(1326)年に元服,中務卿に任じられ,その後一品に叙せられ,一品中務卿親王と称される。元弘の乱(1331)に際しては,土佐へ配流されたが,正慶2/元弘3(1333)年帰京。建武2(1335)年足利尊氏討伐のため,上将軍として新田義貞らと東征するが,敗退,越前(福井県)金崎城に拠る。建武4/延元2(1337)年3月金崎城落城時に自害。このとき27歳とする説に拠り,応長1(1311)年生まれとみて,延慶1(1308)年生まれの異母の護良親王を年上とする説があるが,母為子の没年の考証や,同母弟宗良親王が応長1年生まれと推測される史料があることや,『太平記』『増鏡』とも一の宮としている点などから,尊良親王が,徳治年間(1306～08)誕生の第1皇子で,後醍醐天皇皇子中では最年長と考える説もある。勅撰集の『続後拾遺集』に1首,『新葉集』に44首入集した歌人で,『一宮百首』という詠作がある。<著作>『一宮百首』(『新編国歌大観』10巻)

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