Kanehiro Yoshida

Japanese: 吉田兼熙 - よしだかねひろ

1348-1402 (Shohei 3, Sadawa 4-Oei 9)
He was a nobleman and Shintoist during the Nanboku-cho period. He was a deputy head of Shinto Shrine, a chamberlain, and a third-ranked official. His father, Urabe Kanetoyo, inherited the hereditary position of shrine official at Yoshida Shrine, but in 1375 (Tenju 1, Eiwa 1), he changed his family name from Urabe no Sukune to Urabe no Ason, and in 1386 (Genchu 3, Shitoku 3), he was promoted to the third rank, becoming the first noble to surpass the ranks of his ancestors, thus raising the status of his family and building the foundation of the Shinto Yoshida clan. It is said that Kanehiro first adopted the name Yoshida in 1378, changing the original family name from Muromachi.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1348‐1402(正平3∥貞和4‐応永9)
南北朝時代の公家，神道家。神祇大副，侍従，正三位。父は卜部兼豊（うらべかねとよ），父祖累代世襲の吉田神社祠官の職を継いだが，1375年(天授1∥永和1)卜部宿禰姓を改めて卜部朝臣姓を賜り，86年(元中3∥至徳3)従三位に叙せられて父祖の位階を越えて初めて公卿に列せられるなど，一家の地位を高め，神道吉田家の基礎を築いた。吉田という家名も兼熙が1378年もとの家名の室町を改めて初めて称したものといわれる。

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