Noriuji Isshiki

A military commander during the Nanboku-cho period. He was Shojiro, Kunai Shoyu, and had the Buddhist name Doyu. During the Kenmu administration, he served as the governor of Musashi Province, where Ashikaga Takauji served as both shugo and kokusai (state affairs minister). In 1336 (1st year of the Engen period, 3rd year of the Kenmu period), he accompanied Takauji on his westward march, staying in Kyushu and becoming the Chinzei Kanrei (Kyushu Tandai). He sent his son Norimitsu and others to fight against the Southern Court in Chikuzen, Chikugo, Hizen and other areas, but it was difficult to unify the Kyushu local lords, who had deep-rooted independence and complex conflicts with each other, and he came into conflict with Shoni Yorihisa, who supported Ashikaga Tadafuyu, and in 1653 (Shohei 8, Bunwa 2), he was defeated by the Southern Party's Kikuchi Takemitsu. In 1655 (Shohei 10, Bunwa 4), he fled to Nagato (Yamaguchi Prefecture), and the following year he went to Kyoto and retired. He became deeply devoted to Zen Buddhism.

[Makoto Ogawa]

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南北朝時代の武将。少輔(しょう)二郎、宮内(くない)少輔、法号道猷(どうゆう)。建武(けんむ)政権下に足利尊氏(あしかがたかうじ)が守護・国務を兼ねた武蔵(むさし)の代官。1336年（延元1・建武3）尊氏の西走に従い、九州にとどまって鎮西管領(ちんぜいかんれい)（九州探題）となる。子範光(のりみつ)以下を派して筑前(ちくぜん)、筑後(ちくご)、肥前などに南朝方と戦ったが、根深い自立性と複雑な対立関係のある九州国人(こくじん)層の統合は困難で、足利直冬(ただふゆ)を擁する少弐頼尚(しょうによりひさ)と対立、ついで53年（正平8・文和2）南党菊池武光(たけみつ)に敗れ、55年（正平10・文和4）長門(ながと)（山口県）に逃れ、翌年上洛(じょうらく)し隠退。深く禅宗に帰依(きえ)した。

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