Prince Kaneyoshi

Prince Kaneyoshi (c. 1329–c. 1381) was a son of Emperor Go-Daigo and the Southern Court's chief commander in Kyushu. In 1336 Go-Daigo named him Seisei Shogun and sent him west; in 1348 he entered the Kikuchi stronghold of Waifu Castle in Higo and built his Chinzei government there.

By 1365 he controlled all of Kyushu, and Ming envoys addressed him as King of Japan. Ashikaga forces landed in Ōita in 1371 and broke his northern Kyushu base, after which he withdrew to the Chikugo plain and died around 1381.