Momonoi Yoshisuke

Momonoi Yoshisuke (died 1221), also called Ashikaga Yoshisuke, was an early-Kamakura warrior commander and the second son of Ashikaga Yoshikane. He served the Kamakura shogunate.

He built Momonoi Castle in Momonoi manor, Gunma district, Kōzuke Province, and took the name Momonoi, becoming the ancestor of the clan. In the Jōkyū War of 1221 he fought for the shogunate against the court and was killed on 3 July at the battle of the Uji River, leaving a posthumous son, Yoshitane.