Prince Moriyoshi

Prince Moriyoshi (1308–1335), known as the Ōtōnomiya, was a son of Emperor Go-Daigo. Sent into Buddhist orders young, he became head of the Tendai sect, then returned to secular life and led the imperial armies that overthrew the Kamakura shogunate in the Genkō War of 1333.

Under the Kenmu Restoration he was appointed Sei-i Taishōgun. His hostility to Ashikaga Takauji cost him his office and freedom: confined at Kamakura, he was killed there on 12 August 1335 by order of Ashikaga Tadayoshi.