Ashikaga no Ietsuna

Ashikaga no Ietsuna was a late Heian warrior and third head of the Fujiwara-surnamed Ashikaga house of Shimotsuke, adopted heir of its founder Nariyuki. A famed strongman, he entered a court sumo contest in 1111 while still under age, but was later falsely accused of treason and exiled to Anraku-ji in Dazaifu.

From 1142 to 1161 he fought Minamoto no Yoshikuni over the Yanada estate. His son Toshitsuna died after a rising in 1183; Ietsuna is last recorded in 1184.