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{{nihongo3||高師冬|'''Kō no Morofuyu'''|d. 13 February 1351 (Nengocalc: Kannō 2, 17th day, 1st month)}}<ref name="INJ">Iwanami Nihonshi Jiten (岩波日本史辞典), CD-Rom Version. Iwanami Shoten, 1999–2001.</ref> was, together with his cousins<ref>Edmond Papinot in his "Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan" of 1910 writes the three were brothers.</ref> [[Kō no Moronao|Moronao]] and [[Kō no Moroyasu|Moroyasu]], one of ''[[shōgun]]'' [[Ashikaga Takauji]]'s most important generals during the [[Nanboku-chō period]].<ref name="INJ"/> He was adopted as a son by Moronao.<ref name="INJ"/> He was {{Nihongo|''kami''|守・長官|highest of the four administrative positions of the [[ritsuryō]] system}} of [[Mikawa Province]], ''[[shugo]]'' (governor) of [[Musashi Province]] and Kantō [[kanrei]].<ref name="INJ"/><ref name="KD"/> Defeated by Uesugi Noriaki during the [[Kannō disturbance]], he committed ''[[seppuku]]'' in Kai in 1351.<ref name="INJ"/>
{{nihongo3||高師冬|'''Kō no Morofuyu'''|d. 13 February 1351 (Nengocalc: Kannō 2, 17th day, 1st month)}}<ref name="INJ">Iwanami Nihonshi Jiten (岩波日本史辞典), CD-Rom Version. Iwanami Shoten, 1999–2001.</ref> was, together with his cousins<ref>Edmond Papinot in his "Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan" of 1910 writes the three were brothers.</ref> [[Kō no Moronao|Moronao]] and [[Kō no Moroyasu|Moroyasu]], one of ''[[shōgun]]'' [[Ashikaga Takauji]]'s most important generals during the [[Nanboku-chō period]].<ref name="INJ"/> He was adopted as a son by Moronao.<ref name="INJ"/> He was {{Nihongo|''kami''|守・長官|highest of the four administrative positions of the [[ritsuryō]] system}} of [[Mikawa Province]], ''[[shugo]]'' (governor) of [[Musashi Province]] and Kantō [[kanrei]].<ref name="INJ"/><ref name="KD"/> Defeated by Uesugi Noriaki during the [[Kannō disturbance]], he committed ''[[seppuku]]'' in Kai in 1351.<ref name="INJ"/>


==Career==
==Career==
Like many others men of this period, he began his career in 1336, at the end of the [[Kenmu Restoration]]. He fought many battles all over the country, including 1336's attack to [[Mount Hiei]].<ref name="KD"/> In 1338, together with cousin Moroyasu, he went to fight against [[Southern Court]] forces in Aonohara, [[Mino Province]], to help contain [[Kitabatake Akiie]], who was threatening Kyoto.<ref name="KD"/><ref name=Sansom2>{{Cite book |last=Sansom |first=George |title=A History of Japan, 1334–1615 |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1961 |ISBN=0804705259 |page=61}}</ref> The next year he was made [[Kantō]] ''[[Kanrei|shitsuji]]'', counsellor to [[Ashikaga Yoshiakira]], holding the post until 1944.<ref name="INJ"/><ref name="KD">Kokushi Daijiten (1979:486–487)</ref> He proved successful in this role against both the pro-[[Ashikaga Tadayoshi]] [[Uesugi clan]] and against [[Hitachi Province]]'s [[Kitabatake Chikafusa]], who was the main military force behind the Southern court.<ref name="KD"/> He defeated Chikafusa first in December 1341 and then two years later, finally driving him out of Kantō.<ref name="INJ"/> He was concurrently also ''[[shugo]]'' of [[Musashi Province]] from 1341 to 1344.<ref name="KD"/>
Like many others men of this period, Morofuyu began his career in 1336, at the end of the [[Kenmu Restoration]]. He fought many battles all over the country, including 1336's attack to [[Mount Hiei]].<ref name="KD"/> In 1338, together with cousin Moroyasu, he went to fight against [[Southern Court]] forces in Aonohara, [[Mino Province]], to help contain [[Kitabatake Akiie]], who was threatening Kyoto.<ref name="KD"/><ref name=Sansom2>{{Cite book |last=Sansom |first=George |title=A History of Japan, 1334–1615 |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1961 |isbn=0804705259 |page=61}}</ref> The next year he was made [[Kantō]] ''[[Kanrei|shitsuji]]'', counsellor to [[Ashikaga Yoshiakira]], holding the post until 1344.<ref name="INJ"/><ref name="KD">Kokushi Daijiten (1979:486–487)</ref> He proved successful in this role against both the pro-[[Ashikaga Tadayoshi]] [[Uesugi clan]] and against [[Hitachi Province]]'s [[Kitabatake Chikafusa]], who was the main military force behind the Southern court.<ref name="KD"/> He left [[Kamakura]] to attack loyalist troops in 1339 and 1340 in Hitachi and then proceeded to defeat Chikafusa again in December 1341. On September the following year, he surrounded and attacked [[Seki Castle (Chikusei)|Seki Castle]], a major fort of the Southern court. Two years later in 1343, Chikafusa was driven out of [[Kantō region|Kantō]] where he then left for [[Yoshino District, Nara|Yoshino]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sansom |first=George Bailey |url=http://archive.org/details/historyofjapan00sans |title=A history of Japan, 1334-1615 |date=1961 |publisher=Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Univ. Press |others=Internet Archive |pages=68–69}}</ref><ref name="INJ"/> He was concurrently also ''[[shugo]]'' of [[Musashi Province]] from 1341 to 1344.<ref name="KD"/>


He was then ordered to return to Kyoto, and in 1347 sent to [[Ise Province]] as ''[[shugo]]'', in which role he fought several battles.<ref name="KD"/> In 1349 Takauji sent his son [[Ashikaga Motouji|Motouji]] to the [[Kantō]] to take the place of his other son [[Ashikaga Yoshiakira|Yoshiakira]], whom he wanted in Kyoto, stabilize the area and protect his interests there.<ref name="KD"/><ref name="papi">Papinot (1972:36)</ref> Since Motouji was then just a child, real power was in the hands of the two ''[[shitsuji]]'' Uesugi Noriaki and Morofuyu himself, men which were politically enemies.<ref name="KD"/> In 1350, during the so-called [[Kannō Disturbance]], a civil war that saw the two Ashikaga brothers fight each other, the differences between the two deepened past the breaking point. He remained with Takauji, while Noriaki defected and went with Tadayoshi.<ref name="KD"/> In 1351 he left Motouji in Kamakura to attack Noriaki. Defeated and pursued by his forces, he committed [[seppuku]] at {{Nihongo|Suzawa Castle|須沢城}} in [[Kai Province]].<ref name="INJ"/>
Morofuyu was then ordered to return to Kyoto, and in 1347 sent to [[Ise Province]] as ''[[shugo]]'', in which role he fought several battles.<ref name="KD"/> In 1349 Takauji sent his son [[Ashikaga Motouji|Motouji]] to the [[Kantō]] to take the place of his other son [[Ashikaga Yoshiakira|Yoshiakira]], whom he wanted in Kyoto, stabilize the area and protect his interests there.<ref name="KD"/><ref name="papi">Papinot (1972:36)</ref> Since Motouji was then just a child, real power was in the hands of the two ''[[shitsuji]]'' Uesugi Noriaki and Morofuyu himself, men who were politically enemies.<ref name="KD"/> In 1350, during the so-called [[Kannō disturbance]], a civil war that saw the two Ashikaga brothers fight each other, the differences between the two deepened past the breaking point. He remained with Takauji, while Noriaki defected and went with Tadayoshi.<ref name="KD"/> In 1351 he left Motouji in Kamakura to attack Noriaki. Defeated and pursued by his forces, he committed [[seppuku]] at {{Nihongo|Suzawa Castle|須沢城}} in [[Kai Province]].<ref name="INJ"/>

== See also ==

* [[Emperor Go-Daigo|Go-Daigo]]


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Morofuyu's kaō (monogram)
In this Japanese name, the surname is Kō.

Kō no Morofuyu (高師冬, d. 13 February 1351 (Nengocalc: Kannō 2, 17th day, 1st month))[1] was, together with his cousins[2] Moronao and Moroyasu, one of shōgun Ashikaga Takauji's most important generals during the Nanboku-chō period.[1] He was adopted as a son by Moronao.[1] He was kami (守・長官, highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryō system) of Mikawa Province, shugo (governor) of Musashi Province and Kantō kanrei.[1][3] Defeated by Uesugi Noriaki during the Kannō disturbance, he committed seppuku in Kai in 1351.[1]

Career[edit]

Like many others men of this period, Morofuyu began his career in 1336, at the end of the Kenmu Restoration. He fought many battles all over the country, including 1336's attack to Mount Hiei.[3] In 1338, together with cousin Moroyasu, he went to fight against Southern Court forces in Aonohara, Mino Province, to help contain Kitabatake Akiie, who was threatening Kyoto.[3][4] The next year he was made Kantō shitsuji, counsellor to Ashikaga Yoshiakira, holding the post until 1344.[1][3] He proved successful in this role against both the pro-Ashikaga Tadayoshi Uesugi clan and against Hitachi Province's Kitabatake Chikafusa, who was the main military force behind the Southern court.[3] He left Kamakura to attack loyalist troops in 1339 and 1340 in Hitachi and then proceeded to defeat Chikafusa again in December 1341. On September the following year, he surrounded and attacked Seki Castle, a major fort of the Southern court. Two years later in 1343, Chikafusa was driven out of Kantō where he then left for Yoshino.[5][1] He was concurrently also shugo of Musashi Province from 1341 to 1344.[3]

Morofuyu was then ordered to return to Kyoto, and in 1347 sent to Ise Province as shugo, in which role he fought several battles.[3] In 1349 Takauji sent his son Motouji to the Kantō to take the place of his other son Yoshiakira, whom he wanted in Kyoto, stabilize the area and protect his interests there.[3][6] Since Motouji was then just a child, real power was in the hands of the two shitsuji Uesugi Noriaki and Morofuyu himself, men who were politically enemies.[3] In 1350, during the so-called Kannō disturbance, a civil war that saw the two Ashikaga brothers fight each other, the differences between the two deepened past the breaking point. He remained with Takauji, while Noriaki defected and went with Tadayoshi.[3] In 1351 he left Motouji in Kamakura to attack Noriaki. Defeated and pursued by his forces, he committed seppuku at Suzawa Castle (須沢城) in Kai Province.[1]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Iwanami Nihonshi Jiten (岩波日本史辞典), CD-Rom Version. Iwanami Shoten, 1999–2001.
  2. ^ Edmond Papinot in his "Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan" of 1910 writes the three were brothers.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Kokushi Daijiten (1979:486–487)
  4. ^ Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1334–1615. Stanford University Press. p. 61. ISBN 0804705259.
  5. ^ Sansom, George Bailey (1961). A history of Japan, 1334-1615. Internet Archive. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Univ. Press. pp. 68–69.
  6. ^ Papinot (1972:36)

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