Ishidō

The Ishidō were a branch of the Ashikaga family whose leader Yoshifusa became commander in Ōshū in 1337. Dismissed in 1345, he later sided with Ashikaga Tadayoshi against Shōgun Takauji in the Kannō Disturbance.

Yoshifusa's son Yorifusa continued fighting alongside the Southern Court and drove Shōgun Yoshiakira from Kyoto in 1361. Around 1364 he surrendered to Yoshiakira and became a monk; the family subsequently disappeared from records as a house of provincial governors.