Toin Saneyo - Toin Saneyo

A nobleman during the Northern and Southern Courts period. Son of Kinkata. His mother was a lady-in-waiting. He gained the trust of Emperor Godaigo and became a councillor in 1328 (Karyaku 3). Since the Shochu Incident (1324), he had been involved in the Emperor's plans to overthrow the shogunate, and so during the Genko Incident (1331), he was captured at Rokuhara and entrusted to his father Kinkata. During the Kenmu government, he was appointed as a resident of the Zassoketsudansho (Division of Appeals). In 1335 (Kenmu 2), when Ashikaga Takauji rebelled against the Kenmu government, he fought on the side of Emperor Godaigo and the Ashikaga side. Although he was temporarily victorious, he eventually fled to Yoshino, where he worked with Kitabatake Chikafusa to restore the power of the Southern Court as a senior vassal of the Southern Court serving Emperor Godaigo. He rose to the high rank of Junior First Rank Left Minister. In 51 (Shohei 6, Kan'o 2), the Southern Court succeeded in unifying the country, but it soon split up, and thereafter the Northern and Southern Courts continued to fight for Kyoto. He died in Yoshino on August 19, 13th year of Shohei, before his father.

[Tanabe Hisako]

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南北朝時代の公卿(くぎょう)。公賢(きんかた)の子。母は家女房(いえのにょうぼう)。後醍醐(ごだいご)天皇の信任を得て、1328年（嘉暦3）参議となる。正中(しょうちゅう)の変（1324）以来天皇の討幕計画に参画していたため、元弘(げんこう)の変（1331）では六波羅(ろくはら)に捕らえられ、父公賢に預けられた。建武(けんむ)政権下、雑訴決断所(ざっそけつだんしょ)の寄人(よりゅうど)に任ぜられた。35年（建武2）足利尊氏(あしかがたかうじ)が建武政権に反したため、後醍醐天皇方として足利方と戦った。一時勝利を得たが、ついに吉野に逃れ、後醍醐天皇を奉ずる南朝の重臣として、北畠親房(きたばたけちかふさ)とともに南朝勢力の回復に努めた。従(じゅ)一位左大臣の高位に昇る。51年（正平6・観応2）南朝による天下一統を成功させたが、まもなく分裂し、以後南北両朝による京都争奪戦が続けられた。正平(しょうへい)13年8月19日、父に先だって吉野で没した。

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