Prince Kaneyoshi


Prince Kaneyoshi was a nobleman of the Kamakura period and the early Nanboku-chō period of Japanese history. The son of Emperor Go-Daigo, he is enshrined at the Yatsushiro-gū, a Shinto shrine located in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
In 1336, Go-Daigo sent the prince, at seven years of age, to Kyushu as Chinzei Shogun. There he became a loyalist force to be reckoned with until his death.