Mogami Kaneyori

Shiba Kaneyori, also called Mogami Kaneyori, was the second son of the Oshu governor Shiba Iekane. In 1336 he fought the Southern Court general Kitabatake Akiie.

In 1356 he entered Yamagata in Mogami district as self-styled inspector of Dewa and built Yamagata Castle in 1357. Around 1373 the Muromachi shogunate granted him the yakata title, after which he took the name Mogami from his domain. In 1375 his son Naoie succeeded him; he died in 1379, founder of the Mogami clan.