Kō no Shigemochi

Kō no Shigemochi was a Nanboku-chō commander and waka poet, younger brother of the steward Kō no Moronao. He served Ashikaga Takauji from the 1333 rising, fighting at Tatarahama and the Minatogawa River in 1336. In 1337 he was appointed shugo of Musashi and guarded the young Ashikaga Yoshiakira at Kamakura, but was removed after defeats by Kitabatake Akiie.

He later headed the bakufu's Hikitsuke court, served as Kantō steward, and presented waka at Kōyasan in 1344. He survived the killing of his brothers in 1351 and resumed office under Yoshiakira; by 1352 he had become a monk.