Shijō Takatoshi

Shijō Takatoshi was a Southern Court noble during the Nanboku-chō wars, the son of the Dainagon Shijō Takasuke. When his father fell in 1352, he succeeded as family head, and in 1372 he was appointed Naidaijin. A war-party leader, he repeatedly commanded Southern Court armies attacking Kyoto.

In 1369, after Kusunoki Masanori defected, he stormed Tōjō Castle on Emperor Chōkei's order. In 1373 he died fighting in the rear guard during the retreat from the Amanosan Kongō-ji. His poetry appears in the Shin'yō Wakashū anthology.