Shijō Takasuke

Shijō Takasuke (1292–1352) was a noble and pillar of the Southern Court in the Nanbokuchō wars. Close to Emperor Go-Daigo, he became Kebiishi bettō in 1330. In the Genkō War of 1331 he followed the emperor to Mount Kasagi, escaped its fall by taking vows, and backed Prince Morinaga until the Hōjō fell in 1333.

From 1339 he ran Southern Court administration. Named Dainagon in 1350, he probably received Junior First Rank around 1351. He was killed in 1352 covering Emperor Go-Murakami's retreat from Otokoyama against Akamatsu troops, and was posthumously made Sadaijin in 1356.