Kō

The Kō were a Japanese warrior family that served Ashikaga Takauji during the wars between the Northern and Southern Courts. Kō no Moronao became Takauji's deputy and led his armies against the Southern Court.

Moronao's rivalry with Takauji's brother Tadayoshi helped provoke the Kannō Disturbance. In 1351 Moronao and his brother Moroyasu were forced to enter religious life, then killed with many relatives by Uesugi Akiyoshi's men at the Mukogawa River.