Hosokawa Yoriharu - Hosokawa Yoriharu

A military commander during the Northern and Southern Court period. The second son of Hosokawa Kinyori. Commonly known as Genkuro. He served as Sanuki no Kami and Gyobu no Taifu (Minister of Justice). He followed Ashikaga Takauji from the Genko Incident, and became a treasurer in the Kenmu government. When Takauji fled to Kyushu in 1336 (Kenmu 3), he was sent to Shikoku with his brother Kazuuji to gather forces and play a major role in Takauji's recapture of Kyoto. After the establishment of the shogunate, he played an active role in attacking the Southern Court army in the Chugoku and Shikoku regions as the guardian of Awa and Bingo. During the Kanno Disturbance, he fought against Ashikaga Tadayoshi's side around Kyoto on Takauji's side, and assisted Ashikaga Yoshiakira in defending Kyoto during Takauji's visit to Kamakura. On February 20, 1352 (Shohei 7), he was killed in battle near Shichijo-Omiya while defending Kyoto against an attack by the Southern Court army. As a skilled archer, he was awarded imperial clothing by Emperor Godaigo, and was also an accomplished poet, whose poems were included in imperial anthologies such as the "Fuga Wakashu."

[Kobayashi Kazutake]

"A Study of the History of the Development of the Ashikaga Clan's Guardians" by Makoto Ogawa (1980, Yoshikawa Kobunkan)

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南北朝期の武将。細川公頼(きんより)の次男。通称源九郎。官途は讃岐守(さぬきのかみ)・刑部大輔(ぎょうぶのたいふ)。元弘(げんこう)の変より足利尊氏(たかうじ)に従い、建武政権では蔵人となる。1336年（建武3）尊氏の九州落ちの際には兄和氏(かずうじ)とともに四国に派遣されて軍勢を糾合し、尊氏の京都奪回に大きな役割を果たした。幕府開創後は阿波・備後(びんご)などの守護として中国・四国方面の南朝軍攻撃に活躍した。観応(かんのう)の擾乱では尊氏方として京都周辺で足利直義(ただよし)方と戦い、足利義詮(よしあきら)を補佐して尊氏の鎌倉下向中の京都を守った。1352年（正平7）閏(うるう)2月20日、南朝軍の京都攻撃の防戦にあたるが七条大宮付近で戦死。弓の名手として後醍醐天皇から御衣(ぎょい)を賜り、また和歌にも秀で、その歌は『風雅和歌集』等の勅撰集にも撰ばれている。

［小林一岳］

『小川信著『足利一門守護発展史の研究』（1980・吉川弘文館）』

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