Kō no Moronao

Kō no Moronao (died 1351), son of Moroshige, was the chief retainer of Ashikaga Takauji and the first steward of the Muromachi bakufu. He fought for Takauji at the Minatogawa River in 1336 and slew the Southern Court general Kitabatake Akiie in 1338. In 1348 he destroyed Kusunoki Masatsura's army at Shijōnawate and burned the Southern Court base at Yoshino.

His feud with Takauji's brother Tadayoshi ignited the Kannō Disturbance; after his defeat at Uchidehama in 1351 he took the tonsure, only to be killed with his brother Moroyasu on the Mukogawa River by Tadayoshi's men.