Hatakeyama Yasukuni

Hatakeyama Yasukuni was an early Kamakura gokenin of the Ashikaga-related Hatakeyama clan, the third son of Ashikaga Yoshizumi. His mother was a daughter of Hōjō Tokimasa and widow of Hatakeyama Shigetada, through whom he inherited the Hatakeyama legacy, and he was the first of the line to bear the Hatakeyama name.

His name character came from his cousin Hōjō Yasutoki. He held lands in Mino and served the bakufu with his son Kuniuji in the Kenchō era (1249–1256), and was afterwards succeeded by Kuniuji.