Prince Narinaga

Japanese: 成良親王 - なりよししんのう

Year of death: Unknown (Year of death unknown)
Year of birth: 1326
A member of the imperial family during the Northern and Southern Courts period. Also known as "Narinaga." A son of Emperor Go-Daigo, his mother was Ano Kinkado's daughter Renshi (Shintaikemon'in). In 1333, he was proclaimed prince and presented to Ashikaga Tadayoshi to travel to Kamakura. In 1334, he was promoted to the fourth rank and appointed governor of Kozuke (Gunma Prefecture). The following year, he returned to Kyoto during the Nakasendai Rebellion and was appointed Seii Taishogun. For this reason, he is also known as Shogunnomiya. In November 1335, Emperor Go-Daigo bestowed the sacred treasures on Emperor Komyo of the Jimyoin lineage, and with the help of Ashikaga Takauji, Prince Narinaga became crown prince, but in December of the same year, Emperor Go-Daigo fled to Yoshino, and he was deposed. According to the Taiheiki, the prince died in March of the 4th year of Kenmu (4th year of Kenmu)/the 2nd year of Engen (2nd year of Engen), when he was imprisoned together with Prince Tsunenaga, who was captured after the fall of Kanazaki Castle in Echizen (Fukui Prefecture), and was then poisoned to death. However, the diary of Nakahara Michimori, a contemporary official, Michimori-ki, contains an entry about the death of "Prince Go-Daigoin's son Senbo," who had been entrusted to the residence of Konoe Mototsugu, on January 6, 1344 (3rd year of Koei)/the 5th year of Kōkoku (5th year of Kōkoku), and it is thought that this "Senbo" may refer to Prince Narinaga.

(Mariko Soma)

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Japanese:

没年：没年不詳(没年不詳)
生年：嘉暦1(1326)
南北朝期の皇族。「なりなが」とも呼ばれる。後醍醐天皇の皇子,母は阿野公廉の娘廉子(新待賢門院)。正慶2/元弘3(1333)年親王宣下を受け,足利直義に奉ぜられて鎌倉に下向。建武1(1334)年四品に叙せられ,上野(群馬県)太守に任じられる。翌年,中先代の乱により帰京,征夷大将軍に任じられた。このことから将軍宮とも称される。建武3/延元1年11月,後醍醐天皇が神器を持明院統光明天皇に授与,足利尊氏の計らいで,成良親王は皇太子となるが,同年12月,後醍醐天皇が吉野へ逃れたため,廃された。親王の没年は,『太平記』によれば建武4/延元2年3月,越前(福井県)金崎城落城で捕らえられた恒良親王と共に幽閉され,次いで毒殺されたとみえる。しかし,同時代の官人の中原師守の日記『師守記』には,康永3/興国5(1344)年1月6日,近衛基嗣邸に預けられていた「後醍醐院皇子先坊」の死去の記事があり,この「先坊」が成良親王をさすかとも考えられている。

(相馬万里子)

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