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- Yoryudo: A clerk in charge of miscellaneous chores.
- Yosa Fukuchiyama Route (to Higashi-machi/Kasamatsu Cable (Kasamatsu Keburu) (bus stop), and to Kyoei Koko-mae (bus stop))
- Yosa no Umi Hospital in Kyoto Prefecture
- Yosa route, Fukuchiyama route
- Yosa-gun
- Yosaburo KITAZAWA, a feudal retainer of Takashima Domain, who wanted to have his strength, took a part of his flesh home, marinated it with miso, then grilled and ate it.
- Yosaburo TAKEKOSHI
- Yosaburo TAKEKOSHI (November 22, 1865 - January 12, 1950) was a historian, critic and statesman, who lived during the Meiji to Showa periods.
- Yosaburo TAKEKOSHI, for whom a farewell party that triggered the word haikara to become popular was given on August 10, 1990, refers shortly to the party and the word haikara in the chapter of "Kinmochi SAIONJI Sensei" of his book "Heishu Josanki".
- Yosaburo is arrested at Yajingahara.
- Yosaburo played by Danjuro ICHIKAWA (the eighth)
- Yosaburo was disinherited by his family and became a highbinder, who gained public notoriety as "Kirare Yosa" (Scarface Yosa) with his 34 sword cuts.
- Yosaburo, a son of a mercantile house in Edo, met Otomi in Kisarazu and fell in love with her at first sight ('Kisarazu Kaigan Misome' (falling in love at the coast of Kisarazu)).
- Yosaburo: Hi, Goshinzo (a wife of a rich merchant), Ma'am, Ms Otomi, or Otomi, it has been a long time.
- Yosaburo: I am Yosaburo.
- Yosaburo: My piddling love turned out harmful.
- Yosaburo: You forgot me?
- Yosai KIKUCHI
- Yosai KIKUCHI (November 28, 1788 - June 16, 1878) was a Japanese-style painter from the end of the Edo period to the beginning of the Meiji period.
- Yosakoi Matsuri (Yosakoi Festival) (Kochi Prefecture)
- Yosano-cho
- Yosano-cho (Yosano Town)
- Yosano-cho (the current Iwataki-cho) town hall
- Yosano-cho Community Bus
- Yosano-cho community bus
- Yosano-cho is the town located in Yosa-gun from the foot to the center of Tango Peninsula in northern Kyoto.
- Yosano-cho, Yosa-gun/Ine-cho, Yosa-gun
- Yosazaemon JINBO entered Yodo...during the era of the Danjo YUSA Yamashiro no Shugodai (deputy of the Shugo, or provincial constable, of Yamashiro Province).
- Yose (a place where rakugo stories are mostly told for audiences)
- Yosebashi
- Yosedofu (fresh tofu)
- Yosegi pieces shaped into a hexagon are adjusted and trimmed flat at the ends, and the whole assembly is put into a template and pressure is applied using a vice.
- Yosegi zaiku (mosaic woodwork)
- Yosegi zaiku is a traditional craft often seen at souvenir shops in the town of Hakone as well as in countries overseas.
- Yosegi, such as koyosegi, sansui and daimyo gyoretsu (feudal lord's costumed procession), or another inlay work is inlaid with wood, then moistened zuku plate is shaved with a plane.
- Yosegori was a special case of Zoekimen where Kanmotsu was shared by Kokuga and the landholding families and Zoeki was collected by landholding families.
- Yoseikan ('Yoseikan aikido'): 1963, Minoru MOCHIZUKI
- Yosemune (Tokyo Metropolis)
- Yosemune-zukuri
- Yosemune-zukuri (a square or rectangular building, covered with a hipped roof) and hongawarabuki.
- Yosemune-zukuri (a square or rectangular building, covered with a hipped roof), hongawara-buki (roof with formal tiles).
- Yosemune-zukuri (a square or rectangular building, covered with a hipped roof): This style is found throughout Japan and is thought to have developed from prehistoric pit dwellings.
- Yosemune-zukuri (a square or rectangular building, covered with a hipped roof); shingled-roof.
- Yosemune-zukuri (hipped roof) style, Kokerabuki (with shingles).
- Yosemune-zukuri (hipped roof) style, with formal tiles.
- Yosemune-zukuri and hongawarabuki.
- Yosemune-zukuri is a form of roof which has four sloping faces.
- Yosemune-zukuri is a general form of roof for houses and other buildings throughout the world.
- Yosen-ji Temple
- Yosen-ji Temple (Hotei-ji Temple)
- Yosenabe (a pot of chowder)
- Yosenabe is a one-pot dish.
- Yoseue Style (Group planting)
- Yosha applied when the castle of a daimyo was destroyed by fire, famine occurred, the lord of domain was sick, or a new lord took over the domain and so on.
- Yoshi Domain (Kozuke Province)
- Yoshi Yamazaki (From February 14 to June 30, 1945 [the Corps was demobilized.])
- Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA
- Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA (returned to secular life and moved from place to place to avenge his brother Yoshiteru ASHIKAGA and assume the position of shogun.)
- Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA - from (supposedly) 1517 to 1538
- Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA and Terumoto MORI had trumpeted the defeat of the Oda side in those days, and Saiga shu rose an army again and fought with Nobunaga within half a year.
- Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA was expelled from Kyoto and went down to Bingo Province.
- Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA was the 15th Seii Taishogun of the Muromachi Shogunate, and its last Shogun (Reigned from 1568 to 1588).
- Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA was the brother of Yoshiteru ASHIKAGA, the 13th shogun of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), and now it was ensured that Yoshiaki, who entered Kyoto with Nobunaga's military power, would ascend to the throne from the 14th shogun Yoshihide ASHIKAGA.
- Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA, a younger brother of the third Koga Kubo, Takamoto ASHIKAGA, proclaimed himself Oyumi Kubo at the Oyumi-jo Castle in Shimousa Province supported by the Kazusa Takeda clan (the Takeda clan) who was the lord of the Mariyatsu-jo Castle in Kazusa Province.
- Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA, supported by Nobunaga ODA, went to Kyoto and became the fifteenth Shogun of the Muromachi bakufu.
- Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA, who assumed the title of Shogun in September of the previous year after going up to the capital while being backed by Nobunaga ODA, made Honkoku-ji Temple as his temprorary residence instead of Gosho (the Imperial Palace) because it had been burnt down in the Eiroku Incident.
- Yoshiaki KATO
- Yoshiaki KATO (1563 - 1631)
- Yoshiaki KATO was a busho (general) and daimyo during the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo Periods.
- Yoshiaki MIURA
- Yoshiaki MIURA was a military commander who lived toward the end of the Heian period.
- Yoshiaki MOGAMI
- Yoshiaki MOGAMI had a deep hatred for Hideyoshi and the Uesugi clan, becauase he was infuriated by the decisions made by Hideyoshi and because he was grievously shocked by the death of his daughter Komahime, who was a concubine of Hidetsugu TOYOTOMI and, as instructed by Hideyoshi, executed in the Hidetsugu Incident.
- Yoshiaki MOGAMI was not a younger brother of Yoshiharu or Yorimune, but a son of Yoshiharu.
- Yoshiaki MOGAMI won back the Shonai district from Uesugi in May and June 1601.
- Yoshiaki MOGAMI, a son of Yoshimori, exterminated the Tendo clan that was his branch line and the Sagae clan in the neighborhood and dominated the Murayama County.
- Yoshiaki MURAKAMI from Komatsu, Kaga Province and Hidekatsu MIZOGUCHI from Daisho-ji Temple in Kaga Province were ordered to be Hidemasa's yoriki (mounted warrior belonged to a general in the Sengoku period).
- Yoshiaki NAKAMURA, who is the second son of Sotoji NAKAMURA and the representative of the Nakamura Sotoji Komuten (building firm), was in charge of building 'Miyamaso at Toya.'
- Yoshiaki NITTA
- Yoshiaki NITTA was a busho (Japanese military commander) in the period of the Northern and Southern Courts.
- Yoshiaki OISHI, became the indirect vassal of Yoshishige IKEDA, a senior vassal of Okayama Domain, wielding power similar to a daimyo (Japanese feudal lord), who governed the Amagi region (valued at 32,000 koku).
- Yoshiaki OMURA (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade, Governor of Tango)
- Yoshiaki OMURA: 1,000
- Yoshiaki OTOMO sent an army 2800 strong headed by Ujinao YOSHIHIRO, the castellan of Yoshihiro, Kunisaki, and Mikawa no kami Chikamasa SODA to Mt. Omure, Buzen to oppose the invasion of the Ouchi army to Bungo.
- Yoshiaki TSUTSUMI
- Yoshiaki and his family left the Kinugasa-jo Castle, in which he resided, to join MINAMOTO no Yoritomo, when Yoritomo, the bereaved child of Yoshitomo, raised his army in 1180.
- Yoshiaki and his uncle Yoshisuke WAKIYA were planning to enter Somayama Castle as a rear guard but were hindered by the enemy so that Yoshiaki returned to Kanagasaki Castle.
- Yoshiaki came to be protected by Nobunaga ODA of Owari Province, received reinforcements by the Oda army, recaptured Shogunate and when he entered Kyoto, Kiyonobu followed him.
- Yoshiaki commanded Shingen TAKEDA of Kai Province, Terumoto MORI of Aki Province, Nagamasa AZAI of Omi Province, Yoshikage ASAKURA of Echizen Province, Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple in Settsu Province and others to hunt down and kill Nobunaga and organized an anti-Nobunaga network.
- Yoshiaki did so because Mitsuhide's aunt might be Dosan SAITO's wife and Mitsuhide himself might be a cousin of Nobunaga's lawful wife, a daughter of Dosan SAITO or Princess Noh, on which relationship Yoshiaki depended.
- Yoshiaki expected ASAKURA to move to Kyoto, but Yoshikage did not.
- Yoshiaki formed anti-Nobunaga network; he called for anti-Nobunaga powers and united them in Kinki region under his leadership.
- Yoshiaki lost the battle and was expelled from Kyoto, leading to the virtual downfall of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
- Yoshiaki passed away in 1597 in Osaka
- Yoshiaki put a fire on the castle and committed suicide along with Imperial Prince Takayoshi and approximately 300 soldiers.
- Yoshiaki rejected the offer, surrounded the house of Sadakatsu MURAI, Kyoto shoshidai (the Kyoto deputy) and burned it down on May 11th (March 30th in old lunar calendar).
- Yoshiaki seemed to thank Nobunaga at first; he addressed him as 'my father ODA Danjo no Chu (Nobunaga)' in his thank-you letter to Nobunaga on October 24.
- Yoshiaki was forced to present his daughter Komahime to Kanpaku (chief adviser to the Emperor) Hidetsugu TOYOTOMI as a concubine, but she and Hidetsugu were killed by Hideyoshi.
- Yoshiaki's heir Yoshihiro became a priest after being a hostage of Nobunaga, and succeeded Daijoin monseki.
- Yoshiaki, accordingly, requested through Mitsuhide for Nobunaga ODA to attack Kyoto and to appoint Yoshiaki to Seii Taishogun.
- Yoshiaki, on the other hand, won the support of Nobunaga ODA of Owari Province in his procession to Kyoto in October of the same year, and the Imperial Court, dismissing Yoshihide at Tonda, replaced him with Yoshiaki as the new Shogun.
- Yoshiaki, while continuing his attack, killed Yoshiuji's younger brother and successor as the head of the family, Yoshioki DAIHOJI, during November and December 1587.
- Yoshiaki, who was upset about these, tried to get rid of Nobunaga and made siege against him by an order for Kennyo, Shingen ASAKURA, Yoshikage ASAKURA and others to subjugate him.
- Yoshiakira ASHIKAGA
- Yoshiakira ASHIKAGA - Senjuo
- Yoshiakira ASHIKAGA, the eldest son of the first Shogun, Takauji, succeeded his father as the second Shogun, and subsequently, Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA became the third Shogun.
- Yoshiakira ASHIKAGA, who took the initiative in reconstructing the bakufu and later became the second Seii taishogun, designed the reconstruction work with setting a strategic base in the Onshogata, and later presided over a council called Gozensata at the Onshogata.
- Yoshiakira ASHIKAGA, who was a son of Takauji and the second shogun of Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), revoked Shohei Itto and backed up the Northern Court again.
- Yoshiakira ASHIKAGA-July 4, 1330 AD to December 28, 1367 AD-was the 2nd Seii Taishogun of the Muromachi Shogunate.
- Yoshiakira KATO (lord of Matsuyama-jo Castle in Iyo Province)
- Yoshiakira bought Sueaki MUROMACHI's residence, Hatatei, as his second residence and it was later offered to the Retired Emperor Suko from the Ashikaga family.
- Yoshiakira contacted Takauji to confirm the concessions and tried to keep a contingent escape route.
- Yoshiakira died in 1367, and then Yoriyuki assisted the young third shogun Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA as Kanrei shoku (Chief Advisor).
- Yoshiakira entered Kyoto in November and Tadayoshi became a monk in December and is called Egen.
- Yoshiakira escaped, leaving the three Retired Northern Emperors: Emperor Kogon, Emperor Komyo and Emperor Suko, and the Imperial Prince Naohito, who were later taken to Otokoyama by the Southern Court.
- Yoshiakira revived the Northern Court era name and recaptured Kyoto, and when the Southern Court forces withdrew from the city, they took both retired Emperors Kogon and Komyo, as well as Emperor Suko (Kogon's son), who had just abdicated the throne, back with them to Ano.
- Yoshiakira succeeded Takauji as shogun and Yoriyuki's cousin Kiyouji was appointed to the post of the steward.
- Yoshiakira, who had escaped to Omi, rescinded on the Shohei Itto and returned to the way it was in the era from Shohei 7 to Kanno 3, and ignored the unification plan that was discussed, but part of it affected him.
- Yoshiatsu (Dosan) MIURA captured Sumiyoshi fortress (Hiratsuka City) and advanced on Odawara-jo Castle.
- Yoshiatsu (the tenth lord of Mito Domain)
- Yoshiatsu MOGAMI was a younger brother of Mitsuuji.
- Yoshiatsu SATAKE (also referred as Shozan, the lord of the Kubota clan, 1748 to 1785)
- Yoshiatsu SHIBA was his half elder brother with the same father and Mochiari SHIBA was his half younger brother with the same mother.
- Yoshiatsu led several unsuccessful attacks against Soun and was gradually pushed back until finally contained within the boundaries of the Miura Peninsula.
- Yoshichika KOIDE (became the lord of the domain on December 1619 - retired on June 9, 1667)
- Yoshichika KOIDE, a tozama daimyo (territorial samurai lord who swore loyalty to the Tokugawa clan after the Battle of Sekigahara when Tokugawa became shogun) whose territory was transferred there from Izushi, Tajima Province, built the castle in two years starting from 1619.
- Yoshichika TOKUGAWA (the fifth son, the Owari-Tokugawa family)
- Yoshichika TOKUGAWA, the 19th family head of the Owari Tokugawa family adopted from the Echizen Matsudaira family, founded the Owari Tokugawa Reimeikai Foundation (at present, the Tokugawa Reimeikai foundation).
- Yoshichika TOKUGAWA, the 19th head of Owari Tokugawa family that had retained Izumi soke and a former peer (marquis, a member of the House of Peers (Japan)), served a matchmaker at her wedding ceremony.
- Yoshichika and Koreshige carried out aggressive political reform by issuing the Decree Restricting the Expansion of Private Estates and/or trying to activate the money circulation; however, soon after that they left the Imperial Palace following the Emperor's abdication of the throne.
- Yoshichika and Koreshige desperately searched for whereabouts of the Emperor.
- Yoshichika and Koreshige were looking for the Emperor, who had gone missing from the palace, and found him in the Gangyo-ji Temple, and then they both said to the the Emperor that they were all deceived to become priests.
- Yoshichika developed a reputation as Kawachi-Genji but there were series of internal conflicts among Kawachi-Genji; in the next year of the War of MINAMOTO no Yoshichika, 1109, MINAMOTO no Yoshitada, the heir of Kawachi-Genji was assassinated.
- Yoshichika looked through judging from the Emperor's innate character that the Emperor's wish to become a priest was just temporary one and, together with Koreshige and Yoritada, who was the kanpaku, convinced the Emperor to change his mind.
- Yoshichika retired on June 9, 1667, and his son Fusatomo KOIDE took over the family estate.
- Yoshichika was purportedly subdued the following year, and what was supposedly meant to be Yoshichika's severed head was taken back to Kyoto.
- Yoshichika went to Izumo Province and committed violent actions of killing mokudai and plundering kanmotsu once again.
- Yoshichika who appeared after his death
- Yoshichika's head was passed to kebiishi (officials with judicial and police powers) at Shichijogawara and exposed to the public.
- Yoshichika, as a priest, shut himself up in Iimuro in the outskirts of Kyoto.
- Yoshichika, the first lord of the domain, strengthened the foundations of the administration through construction of Sonobe-jo Castle, implementing a land survey, building the castle town, and implementing flood control measures.
- Yoshichiro (与七郎) KONISHI whose Christian name was Luis.
- Yoshicho: Long and thin kanzashi that looks like an ear pick.
- Yoshida Campus
- Yoshida Campus (mainly within Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture)
- Yoshida East dormitory was renamed 'Yoshida dormitory' and has continued to exist up to the present.
- Yoshida Izumiden-cho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.
- Yoshida Kindergarten
- Yoshida Shinto
- Yoshida Shinto, which was established by Kanetomo YOSHIDA during the Muramachi period, also valued the "Sendai Kujihongi" and considered the "Kiki" (the Kojiki and Nihonshoki), the "Sendai Kujihongi" and this document as the 'Sanbu no Honsho' (three books of origin).
- Yoshida South Campus Academic Center Building (formerly, Faculty of Integrated Human Study's A Building) stands at the place where the Professor Orita's Statue once had existed in front, but the reconstruction of the building totally changed the atmosphere around here.
- Yoshida Udon
- Yoshida Udon is a local dish cooked in Fujiyoshita City, Yamanashi Prefecture.
- Yoshida Udon is so elastic, hard, and wide that beginners may find difficulty in biting through the sipped noodles.
- Yoshida West dormitory, which was located inside the pharmaceutical department's campus, was abolished in keeping with the national tendency to abolish national universities' dormitories.
- Yoshida acknowledges that Mimana Nihon-fu in the fourth century was a military diplomatic institution though the leadership was held by Geumgwan Gaya, and by admitting this theory once denied, he draws a sharp contrast with other researchers.
- Yoshida dormitory has eased the requirements for entering as a part of the above-mentioned opposition movement against the closure of dormitory.
- Yoshida dormitory is adjacent to Yoshida-minami campus of Kyoto University Yoshida campus.
- Yoshida dormitory of Kyoto University
- Yoshida dormitory of Kyoto University is one of Kyoto University's dormitories.
- Yoshida dormitory's residents discussed day and night about the pros and cons of the proposal as well as the conditions of the negotiation.
- Yoshida family
- Yoshida first met Takumi no Kami's close vassals such as Gengoemon KATAOKA who were isolated from everyone else and convinced them to join Oishi's alliance.
- Yoshida group of Heki school popular in Kumamoto Prefecture is a sect related to the schools of Okura YOSHIDA, Ienobu KATAOKA and Iekiyo.
- Yoshida is famous by the Treaty of YOSHIDA-EVARTS which was concluded in 1878.
- Yoshida no Shidarezakura (weeping cherry)
- Yoshida no Shidarezakura is a cherry tree located in the area of Yoshida, Maizuru City, Kyoto Prefecture.
- Yoshida thought that people in Jomon Period reproduced the myth of 'earth mother who was killed and dismembered but useful things appeared from the parts of her body' by destroying and dismembering earthen figures that were symbols of goddess.
- Yoshida village was incorporated into the then Kamigyo Ward to become Yoshida-cho, Kamigyo Ward in 1888 before the Municipal Government Act came into effect.
- Yoshida-Minami Konai (Yoshida-South Campus)
- Yoshida-Ryo
- Yoshida-jinja Shrine
- Yoshida-jinja Shrine (Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City)
- Yoshida-jinja Shrine (Toyohashi): Referred to as "Gozu Tenno no Hokora" in "Tokaido meisho zue" (Pictures of Famous Places along the Tokaido) by Shunpuku AKISATO (published in 1797), and referred to as "Susanoo-sha" in the "Mikawa no Kuni Zenzu" map (printed by Ashisuke-cho, Ina Prefecture in September 1869).
- Yoshida-jinja Shrine is a shrine on Mt. Yoshida, in Kaguraoka-cho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City.
- Yoshida-no-shidarezakura (weeping cherry of Yoshida) - located in the ruins of the location of the exiled Lord Michikatsu NAKANOIN, Ruri-ji Temple (Maizuru City).
- Yoshida-sen: This coin was minted at the Mikawa-Yoshida Domain in Mikawa Province.
- Yoshida-to school (domain of Shibata, domain of Kumamoto), Toyohide school (豊秀流) (domain of Aizu), Taishi school (domain of Himeji), etc.
- Yoshidaya-manju
- Yoshie (the fifth lord of Takasu Domain; later, Haruyuki TOKUGAWA, an heir of the ninth lord of Owari Domain, Munechika)
- Yoshie's father, Shigeharu, was a prominent figure and served as the principal of an elementary school.
- Yoshifuji KIRA
- Yoshifuji KIRA (dates of birth and death unknown) was a busho (Japanese military commander) in the Muromachi period.
- Yoshifuji KIRA, Anegakoji (or Anekoji) family of Hida Province, Kochiyo TOGASHI, Toyomoto MORI, Mototsuna TAKEDA, Takehara-Kobayakawa clan, Tadashige SHIBUKAWA, Suehisa SHIMAZU, Tokiie ISSHIKI and so on
- Yoshifuji UTAGAWA applied Ukiyoe on Omochae, which is now called paper appendices, and, due to the popularity of the idea, played an active role as an Eshi painter specializing in Omochae.
- Yoshifuji's age at death was unknown.
- Yoshifune ASHIKAGA (another name, Yoshitsuna ASHIKAGA)
- Yoshifuru AKIYAMA
- Yoshifuru AKIYAMA (Feburary 9, 1859 - November 4, 1930) was a military man belonging to the Imperial Japanese Army of Japan.
- Yoshifuru OKAMOTO 'Goshoguruma: The Last Shogun Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA' (Bungei Syunju Press, 1933) ISBN 4163140700
- Yoshifuru attacked by land, while OKURA no Haruzane attacked by sea.
- Yoshifuru did not allow Saneyuki to wear a tabi (split-toe socks).
- Yoshifuru entered Meikyokan school, a hanko (a domain school), and studied there while supporting his family.
- Yoshifusa ISHIDO
- Yoshifusa ISHIDO (date of birth and death unknown) was a military commander in the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan).
- Yoshifusa KOIDE
- Yoshifusa KOIDE (also known as Yoshihide KOIDE, 1587 - April 13, 1666) was a daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) in the early Edo period.
- Yoshifusa MIYOSHI (kaieki [stripping of rank of samurai and properties] and deported)
- Yoshifusa became Shugodai (deputy military governor) of Takauji ASHIKAGA who was Shugo (military governor) in Suruga province and Izu province in 1334, and was appointed to the position of shugoshiki (post of provincial constable) in Suruga and Izu in 1336.
- Yoshifusa desired that the Imperial Prince Michiyasu (Emperor Montoku) would inherit the throne.
- Yoshifusa focused on the development of the legal system and completed establishment of the Jogan Kyakushiki Code (Regulations and Procedures of the Jogan Era), with the "kyaku" being promulgated in 869, and the "shiki" in 871.
- Yoshifusa had FUJIWARA no Akirakeiko (Empress Somedono), born to him and his wife Kiyohime, become a nyogo (court lady).
- Yoshifusa had two major political techniques.
- Yoshifusa promoted the concentration of political power, when the Otemon Incident happened (866).
- Yoshifusa was appointed to Shugo (provincial constable) of Izu province and Kai province by Tadayoshi.
- Yoshifusa was assigned as Kurodo (Officer of the Imperial Court Affairs Office) for Emperor Junna and promoted to Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Lower Court Rank) in the Tencho era (824 to 834) during Emperor Junna's reign.
- Yoshifusa was assigned to Dainagon after Chikanari, and began to take this opportunity to solidify the foundation of his power.
- Yoshifusa was born as the second son of FUJIWARA no Fuyutsugu, a highly capable courtier deeply trusted by Emperor Saga.
- Yoshifusa was dismissed in the following year and dispatched to Mutsu province as the supreme commander of Oshu where he stayed until 1345, during which overwhelmed the Southern Court (Japan) including the Date clan, Akinobu KITABATAKE, etc. and successfully organized the Ou region.
- Yoshifusa was promoted to Shonii (Senior Second Court Rank) in 851 and the following year, whilst serving as Sakone no daisho, edited a national history, the Shoku Nihon Koki.
- Yoshifusa's brother FUJIWARA no Yoshimi later joined the compilation effort but passed away before the work was completed, Yoshio was exiled due to the Otenmon incident (an event centering around the destruction of the main gate of the Imperial Palace in Kyoto), and Toyomichi was appointed as the Vice-governor of Shimosa.
- Yoshifuyu KIRA
- Yoshifuyu KIRA (1607 ? May 6, 1668) was a Koke-Hatamoto (privileged family under the Tokugawa Shogunate) in the early Edo Period.
- Yoshifuyu was 62 at the time of his death.
- Yoshifuyu's mother was from the koke Imagawa family, so he was related to Ujizane IMAGAWA.
- Yoshiharu ASHIKAGA
- Yoshiharu ASHIKAGA and Yoshitsuna ASHIKAGA are his children.
- Yoshiharu ASHIKAGA was the 12th Seii Taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians") of the Muromachi Shogunate (shogunship from 1521 to 1546).
- Yoshiharu BESSHO
- Yoshiharu BESSHO (1579 - August 25, 1654) was a daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) in the Edo period.
- Yoshiharu DATE
- Yoshiharu HATAKEYAMA was his son.
- Yoshiharu HORIO
- Yoshiharu HORIO, Kazuuji NAKAMURA and Chikamasa IKOMA worked as 'Sanchuro' (arbitration office) in order to control and supervise 'Gotairo' and 'Gobugyo.'
- Yoshiharu ISSHIKI
- Yoshiharu ISSHIKI (1466 - October 2, 1484) was a Shugo Daimyo (protector feudal lords) who lived during the Muromachi period.
- Yoshiharu Jizo-ji Temple (in the present-day Katano City, Osaka Prefecture)
- Yoshiharu MATSUDAIRA of the Aono Matsudaira clan acted as a guardian for little Mochikiyo.
- Yoshiharu ROKKAKU
- Yoshiharu ROKKAKU was a daimyo (Japanese territorial lord) in the Sengoku Period, based in Minami Omi Province.
- Yoshiharu SANDAN
- Yoshiharu SANDAN (1930 - 1998) was a former chairperson of Kyoto Autonomous Economic Association.
- Yoshiharu TSUGE, a cartoonist, depicted Seigetsu in detail in the last sixth episode, 'Johatsu' (mysterious disappearance) of his cartoon, "Muno no hito" or incompetence people (first published in December 1986, 'COMIC baku').
- Yoshiharu WAKEBE
- Yoshiharu WAKEBE (October 19, 1627-August 8, 1658) was the second lord of Omizo Domain, Omi Province.
- Yoshiharu WAKIYA
- Yoshiharu WAKIYA was a warlord during the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan).
- Yoshiharu and his father Yoshikata continued to fight against Nobunaga; however, they gradually disappear from historical records.
- Yoshiharu entered Soyama-jo Castle of the Uryu clan and worked on local magnates to make an ally.
- Yoshiharu headed for Hataki no sho (manor), Echigo Province and Tsumari no sho (manor), where the Satomi clan had their territories, and he joined Yoshisada's second and third sons, Yoshioki NITTA and Yoshimune NITTA to be active in Togoku (the eastern part of Japan, particularly Kanto region).
- Yoshiharu organized reinforcements and attacked the surrounding army, but he was not successful in relief, the Kanegasaki-jo Castle fell in April 15, 1337.
- Yoshiharu sheltered Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA, the younger brother of Yoshiteru, who was in exile.
- Yoshiharu spent the rest of his days under the support of his son.
- Yoshiharu was born a son of the younger sister.
- Yoshiharu's younger brother, Koichi, became a vassal of Nobukatsu ODA, and Koichi's son Masakatsu used the Ikoma cognomen and became a chief vassal of the Oda Family in the domain of Uda Matsuyama.
- Yoshiharu, who was still very young at that time, seems to have stayed within his father's territory, Wakiya-go village in Nitta no sho (manor).
- Yoshihi (Yoshiharu) SAGARA
- Yoshihide ASAHINA
- Yoshihide ASAHINA (1176 - Year of death unknown) was a busho (Japanese military commander) in the early Kamakura period.
- Yoshihide ASAHINA (Asahina KOBAYASHI) brings two young men into the scene.
- Yoshihide ASAHINA and Tomoe Gozen
- Yoshihide ASHIKAGA
- Yoshihide ASHIKAGA was the fourteenth Seii Taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians") in the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) (reign in 1568).
- Yoshihide ISSHIKI
- Yoshihide ISSHIKI (? - June 18, 1498) was a shugo daimyo (shugo, which were Japanese provincial military governors, that became daimyo, which were Japanese feudal lords) who lived in the latter of the Muromachi period.
- Yoshihide KOZAI, an astronomer, was the oldest son of Yoshimasa and Sumie, and the grandson of Tan SHIDEHARA.
- Yoshihide ROKKAKU
- Yoshihide ROKKAKU (1532-1569) was a busho (Japanese military commander) who lived between the Sengoku and the Azuchi Momoyama periods.
- Yoshihide again fought bravely on the day and slew 小物資政, a resident of Chinzei (nickname of Kyushu) who was attacking their armed camp.
- Yoshihide broke through somon (main gate of castle or residence) and entered into nantei (garden at south of the residence).
- Yoshihide fled to Awa Province, but died of illness soon afterwards.
- Yoshihide grabbed Yoshiuji's sleeve of armor, to not let Yoshiuji escape, and Yoshiuji escaped without having a fight.
- Yoshihide is the one who went up to the capital to join in the camp instead of Yoshinao.
- Yoshihide jumped into the sea, swam back and forth for 10 times then dived to bottom of the sea and rose to the surface with holding three sharks, showing his great physical strength.
- Yoshihide killed the man but Yoshiuji escaped.
- Yoshihide never expressed clear opinions and was a complete puppet Shogun controlled by the Miyoshi sanninshu and Hisahide MATSUNAGA.
- Yoshihide succeeded in not only bargaining down the donation of 10,000 hiki to a half but also winning proclamation as Shogun at Settsu-Tonda in March and April 1568.
- Yoshihide was bitterly disappointed and people in the gathering roared with laughter.
- Yoshihide was born in 1538 as the first son of Yoshitsuna ASHIKAGA (Sakaikubo (head of the Sakai-based municipal government)) who was Sama no kami (Captain of Samaryo, Left Division Bureau of Horses) at the Hirajima-sho manor in Awa Province (in another theory, Yoshihide was born in 1540).
- Yoshihide was greatly ashamed of his elder brother's conduct, however, the onlookers had a hearty laugh.
- Yoshihide was the first to comply with this demand.
- Yoshihide was the only one among successive Shogun within the Muromachi bakufu whose reign ended without ever setting foot in Kyoto as the base of the bakufu.
- Yoshihide's older brother Tsunemori claimed that he would not lose to his younger brother in Sumo and they had a showdown in Sumo at the beach, as the horse had been the Tsunemori's desired horse for sometime.
- Yoshihiko AMINO described these 'akuto' as bearers of the distribution and capital economy, which developed rapidly from the mid-13th century, and as one of the main constituents opening the way for a new phase in medieval society.
- Yoshihiko AMINO focused on people with occupations other than farmers and suggested that the Nanbokucho period was a transitional time in Japanese history.
- Yoshihiko AMINO says that Sadatoki confronted Munekata who tried to win the confidence of Shogunal retainers through becoming Ossotonin (the head of legal institutions of Kamakura bakufu and Muromachi bakufu).
- Yoshihiko ICHIDA (class of 1980, economics): He is a scholar of social thought.
- Yoshihiko MIYAUCHI
- Yoshihiko SHIRAKURA
- Yoshihiko SHIRAKURA (1940 -) is a researcher and a writer on Ukiyoe (Japanese woodblock prints).
- Yoshihime, a sister of Yoshiaki MOGAMI, got married to Terumune DATE and gave birth to Masamune DATE.
- Yoshihime-jinja Shrine
- Yoshihime-jinja Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Konan City, Shiga Prefecture
- Yoshihime: Yoshiakira TOKUGAWA's dowager.
- Yoshihira KUJO
- Yoshihira KUJO (June 6, 1184 - April 17, 1240) was a Kugyo (high court noble) who lived in the Kamakura period.
- Yoshihira and Masakiyo KAMATA spotted them and gave chase.
- Yoshihira and the 17 bando musha jumped into the center of Shigemori's 500 soldiers, and scattered them away after a fierce battle.
- Yoshihira arrived in the middle of Jimoku (ceremony for appointing officials) that Nobuyori was celebrating for his own indulgence; Nobuyori said 'You arrived in perfect timing.
- Yoshihira drew a sword as soon as he jumped out, struck down four or five enemy, and ran away.
- Yoshihira had to choose whether he should go after Shigemori or save Masakiyo.
- Yoshihira in disguise sneaked into Kyoto which was ruled by the family of TAIRA no Kiyomori (Taira clan) and tried to assassinate Kiyomori with the help of the former followers of his father Yoshitomo hidden in Kyoto, but he failed, and was captured and killed.
- Yoshihira is the main character of "Heiji Monogatari," in analogy to MINAMOTO no Tametomo in "Hogen Monogatari" (The Tale of the Hogen War).
- Yoshihira led bando musha to attack Rokuhara.
- Yoshihira left a legend as his father, Seimei left.
- Yoshihira replied 'That is not important. We should immediately depart for Abeno (Abeno Ward, Osaka City) to kill Kiyomori who is on his way back.
- Yoshihira said 'My luck ran out to be kept alive.
- Yoshihira suddenly attacked Yoshikata's Okura-yakata residence in Hiki-gun, Musashi Province (Ranzan-machi, Hiki-gun, Saitama Prefecture), and killed him; Yoshihira became widely known as a busho (the battle of Okura).
- Yoshihira then hid in Omi Province.
- Yoshihira was captured by TACHIBANA no Toshitsuna, a retainer of Tsunefusa NANBA, on March 4, and executed at the Rokujo gawara riverbed on March 7.
- Yoshihira was prepared to kill himself.
- Yoshihira was regarded as the eldest son even after Yoshimasa was appointed to the Onmyo no kami, and the child of Yoshimasa, ABE no Narichika might have been adopted from Yoshihira, which strengthens the theory that ABE no Yoshihira was the legitimate son.
- Yoshihira was treated preferentially by FUJIWARA no Michinaga and FUJIWARA no Sanesuke in the same way as his father, Seimei, was treated by them.
- Yoshihira went after them.
- Yoshihira went toward Hokuriku-do separately, then went back to Kyoto and hid himself.
- Yoshihira, aged 19, was wearing armor of eight kinds, armed with a sword named 'Ishikiri,' and rode on a roan horse to await the enemy.
- Yoshihira, his younger brothers Tomonaga and Yoritomo were also deployed to protect their territory.
- Yoshihira, pretending to be Kagesumi's low-ranking servant, sought for a chance of assassination for a few days.
- Yoshihira, who arrived at Hida Province, gathered many soldiers; however, they all scattered as soon as they heard the rumor about Yoshitomo's unnatural death.
- Yoshihiro ASHIKAGA (the present head of the family), the present special adviser of Zenkoku Ashikagashi Yukari no Kai, professor of Sozo Gakuen University (University of Creation; Art, Music & Social Work).
- Yoshihiro HATAKEYAMA (his name can also be read as Yoshinari)
- Yoshihiro Hatakeyama (1437 - January 30, 1491) was a general of the Muromachi period.
- Yoshihiro IDO
- Yoshihiro IDO (1532 - 1612) was Busho (Japanese military commander) in the Sengoku period (Japan).
- Yoshihiro KANNO, 'Tsuki no Iso' (phases of the moon)
- Yoshihiro KURUSHIMA
- Yoshihiro KURUSHIMA studied the extreme value problem from the point of view of series expansion, and came within an inch of understanding complex differentiation.
- Yoshihiro MATSUDAIRA (the sixth lord of Takasu Domain)
- Yoshihiro MURAKAMI
- Yoshihiro OUCHI
- Yoshihiro OUCHI (1356-January 25, 1400) was the shugo daimyo (shugo, which were Japanese provincial military governors, that became daimyo, which were Japanese feudal lords) in the Muromachi period.
- Yoshihiro OUCHI joined the army of the local military commissioner (tandai) in charge of Kyushu, Ryoshun IMAGAWA, and fought against the Southern Court forces in Kyushu for many years, and as a reward was made shugo over Buzen Province (eastern Fukuoka today) as well.
- Yoshihiro OUCHI prevailed even though he was injured while fighting against Kozukenosuke KOBAYASHI.
- Yoshihiro OUCHI wished to get Tandai shiki position (a governor of Shogunal deputies), so he asked the Otomo clan and Ryoshun to cooperate with him, but Ryoshun refused this.
- Yoshihiro OUCHI, who succeeded Hiroyo OUCHI, took part in a campaign by Sadayo IMAGAWA (Ryoshun) to subdue Kyushu, also played a reconciliatory role in the unification of Southern and Northern Courts, and took an active part in the Meitoku War, a rebellion by Yamana clan in 1391.
- Yoshihiro SHIBA
- Yoshihiro SHIBA (or Yoshito SHIBA, 1457 ? May 21, 1514) was the shugo daimyo (shugo, which were Japanese provincial military governors, that became daimyo, which were Japanese feudal lords) during the late Muromachi period.
- Yoshihiro SHIBA, Yoshitoshi's son, succeeded him as the head of the clan.
- Yoshihiro SHIGA of Yonetsuru Sake Brewery selected and developed it from a rice mutant of Kame no o, and in 1993 the variety was registered.
- Yoshihiro SHIMAZU devastated the Ming-Korean force at Shisen-jo Castle (the Battle of Sacheon).
- Yoshihiro SHIMAZU formed a strong battle formation with the New Sacheon Waeseong at its back and positioned ambush soldiers.
- Yoshihiro SHIMAZU said of him, "As Hideyoshi's right-hand man, the power of Jibu-sho Ishida, the castellan of Goshu-Sawayama, is without parallel."
- Yoshihiro SHIMAZU versus Ton Yi Yuan
- Yoshihiro SHIMAZU was feared as 'Oni-Shimazu' (Shimazu ogre) and his bushi name spread across not only Korea but Ming Dynasty.
- Yoshihiro SHIMAZU, Muneshige TACHIBANA and Yoshitomo SO versus Chin Rin and Yi Sun-sin
- Yoshihiro SHIMAZU, who intended to establish his rule over Kyushu before Hideyoshi arrived, started to invade Chikuzen Province in June 1598 and brought the western half of the province under his control.
- Yoshihiro SHIMAZU, who went to the rescue, suffered a crushing defeat and lost Tadachika SHIMAZU in the battle of Nejirozaka, and Taka-jo Castle was seized by Hidenaga.
- Yoshihiro SOMA (相馬義広) was his false name.
- Yoshihiro TOKUGAWA (the family head of a branch of the Owari Tokugawa family; a baron; the Grand Chamberlain for the Emperor Showa)
- Yoshihiro adopted Bizen Nyudo's defensive strategy of entrenching themselves in their castles.
- Yoshihiro also had the merit of having helped mediate the unification of the two courts, and reached the point that he was treated with the same honors as a relative of the Ashikaga clan itself.
- Yoshihiro also led 200 riders over to join the fight.
- Yoshihiro also served in the Yoshiki's attack against Yoshitoyo HATAKEYAMA in Kawachi Province in 1493, but he was involved in the coups (Coup of Meio) by Masamoto HOSOKAWA, Kanrei (a shogunal deputy)and was insulated from bakufu because he was in close association with Yoshiki.
- Yoshihiro and Yoshio SHIBA were his sons.
- Yoshihiro called a meeting with his advisors where they discussed military strategy.
- Yoshihiro collected lumber and erected 48 major towers and more than 1000 watchtowers, creating a castle of approx. 1.96 square meters to serve as strong points around Sakai, and began boasting that 'the enemy could not defeat us here even if they brought one million men against us.'
- Yoshihiro continued fighting, attempting to strike down Mitsuie, but the shogunal army surrounded him and launched an unrelenting assault.
- Yoshihiro excelled at waka poetry and his waka was selected in the "Shingoshui Wakashu," (New Later Collection of Gleanings of Japanese Poems).
- Yoshihiro fought very hard and valiantly during the Meitoku rebellion, achieving a remarkable number of military victories and exploits, so he was also made shugo of Izumi and Kii Provinces.
- Yoshihiro gained support from Sozen YAMANA (Mochitoyo) who was fighting against Katsumoto HOSOKAWA, returned to Kyoto from Kawachi, and was pardoned in December 1466.
- Yoshihiro gathered all available troops at Sakai, and had both Kuro SUGI, who was fighting at Moriguchi Castle, and Bicchu no kami (the governor of Bicchu Province) SUGI, who was deployed at Kamoyama, fall back and join him there.
- Yoshihiro had no heir, so the son of his uncle Yoshimi ASHIKAGA, Yoshiki ASHIKAGA (Yoshitane ASHIKAGA) was adopted by Yoshimasa (another theory asserts that he was adopted by Yoshihiro) and became the tenth shogun in 1490.
- Yoshihiro had originally been on good terms with the second brother Yoshikata, and he and Yoshikata went to Kanto at about the same time, threatening their eldest brother Yoshitomo's sphere of influence with their cooperation.
- Yoshihiro met privately with his relatives and chief vassals to decide how to respond.
- Yoshihiro met with Chushin ZEKKAI.
- Yoshihiro served TSUTSUI clan as one of the Kokujin ryoshu (local samurai lord) in Yamato Province, but he had a hard time during Eiroku era (1558 - 1570) when Ido-jo Castle in which he had lived was captured by Hisahide MATSUNAGA.
- Yoshihiro stayed in Iino-jo Castle, pretending to put up determined resistance against Hidetsugu.
- Yoshihiro used a massive amount of firelocks and buried land mines to retaliate against the attacks of allied forces and defended most attacks.
- Yoshihiro was besieged at Gakusan-jo Castle (Tondabayashi City, Osaka Prefecture) and fought the armies of the Hatakeyama, Hosokawa and Takeda.
- Yoshihiro was ordered subjugated by the Emperor and was designated the Emperor's enemy.
- Yoshihiro's army numbered about 5000 men.
- Yoshihiro's army was defeated by Tomomasa, who was supported by the forces of MINAMOTO no Noriyori, Tomomitsu YUKI, Munemasa NAGANUMA, and Mototsuna SANO, and he lost his stronghold (the Battle of Nogimiya).
- Yoshihiro's son gave his name as Kazuyoshi ISHIBASHI.
- Yoshihiro, after seeing this, resolved that he would continue in the tradition of general Xiang Hu's glorious death, and make such an end for himself as would ensure his fame for posterity.
- Yoshihiro, however, had been slower in capturing castles in Naoiri-gun than anticipated; therefore, only Iehisa's troops was able to attack the home base of the Otomo clan.
- Yoshihirogaku dance (December 20, 1996)
- Yoshihisa (Yoshitatsu) SHIMAZU
- Yoshihisa AMAGO
- Yoshihisa ASHIKAGA
- Yoshihisa ASHIKAGA, the ninth shogun, established Hokoshu as well as Bugyoshu who were civil officers as an official system, and Hokoshu played an active role as bodyguards for shogun in the battle for subjugating Rokkaku clan in the Omi Province in 1487
- Yoshihisa KIRA
- Yoshihisa KIRA was a koke (master of ceremony) in the early Edo period.
- Yoshihisa MIYAHARA
- Yoshihisa MIYAHARA (1577 -January 7, 1631) was a Koke-Hatamoto (direct retainer of the bakufu who were in a privileged family under Tokugawa Shogunate) during the Edo Period.
- Yoshihisa NARUSE, a pitcher of the Chiba Lotte Marines, makes a similar posture to that of a maneki-neko in his pitching motion.
- Yoshihisa SHIMAZU
- Yoshihisa SHIMAZU was a military commander who lived from the Azuchi-Momoyama period through the Sengoku period (Period of Warring States).
- Yoshihisa SHIMAZU, who had known Yusai since the days of his service to Yoshiaki, was one of those who tried to receive the Kokin Denju from Yusai in person.
- Yoshihisa TOGO, his relative, is a vice-chairman of the Japan Committee for UNICEF.
- Yoshihisa TOKUGAWA
- Yoshihisa TOKUGAWA (September 2, 1884 - January 22, 1922) was the seventh son of Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA, the 15th Shogun.
- Yoshihisa TOKUGAWA, who was Yoshinobu's heir, was also called "Keikyu-sama" from those around him.
- Yoshihisa WASHIO
- Yoshihisa WASHIO (year of birth unknown - May 17, 1189?) is a samurai who lived toward the end of the Heian period.
- Yoshihisa WASHIO explained to Yoshitsune that neither humans nor horses could cross Hiyodorigoe because of its rough and steep path.
- Yoshihisa also went into battle and attacked Takarabe-jo Castle (Takarabe, Kagoshima Prefecture) but couldn't capture it.
- Yoshihisa became the shogun but died in 1489.
- Yoshihisa explained to Mitsunari ISHIDA that Takamune's assassination was solely Tadatsune's decision and he was not involved in any way.
- Yoshihisa gathered troops from feudal lords and a great number of people from the magistrate's office, and took the field with an army of 20,000.
- Yoshihisa had an audience with Hideyoshi at Taihei-ji Temple in Sendai City (present-day Satsumasendai City) at which he formaly surrendered.
- Yoshihisa had gathered most of the troops from Satsuma and Osumi Provinces in Tonokori-jo Castle in Hyuga to prepare for Hidenaga's army.
- Yoshihisa had grown up without entering priesthood, watched over by Yoshimasa who would not hand over the Shogunate as promised, guardian Katsumoto and Tomiko who would make no active move to place Yoshimi in the position of Shogun.
- Yoshihisa himself also went to the front, but the war bemace deadlocked.
- Yoshihisa isn't very popular because he's known as 'the villain' in Chusingura.
- Yoshihisa may simply have been refraining from making the visit, but he also seems to have felt somewhat shamed by the fact that he did not engage in the battles.
- Yoshihisa ordered some 30,700 troops from Higo Province, under the command of Yoshihiro, and some 10,000 troops from Hyuga Province, under the command of Iehisa, to capture Bungo Province.
- Yoshihisa retired and took his place among omote-koke (koke without a title).
- Yoshihisa seems to have been proud of his family and the Shimazu clan, viewing Hideyaoshi as something of an upstart, and therefore choosing not to enter into corresponse with him.
- Yoshihisa showed his determination to subjugate Hongan-ji Temple and the forces of uprising as well, but he was forced to abandon it because Masamoto HOSOKAWA also disagreed with him for the reason that the suppression of the Rokkaku clan was ongoing.
- Yoshihisa tried to resist with his short sword, but he was cut down by Tadashichi TAKEBAYASHI.
- Yoshihisa was one of the disciples of a tea master, SEN no Sotan, who was in his later years, and had a friendship with tea masters such as Sohen YAMADA, who wrote "Chado benmosho" (a tea-ceremony manual).
- Yoshihisa was one of the leading disciples of Ibukinoya School and wrote the prefaces of his teacher's works such as "Sanshinzan Yoko" (Additional Study on the Three Mysterious Mountains of China) and "Daido Wakumon".
- Yoshihisa's son, MINAMOTO no Yoshitaka, had the rank of Jugoinoge and held the position of Kunai shoyu (Junior Assistant Minister of the Sovereign's Household).
- Yoshihisa's younger brother, Yoshihiro SHIMAZU went off to war at the head of a force only slightly stronger than 300 men, leading them to Kizakibaru to wait in ambush for the enemy.
- Yoshihisa, the eldest child, seems to have used the vassals who were against Hideyoshi and Toshihisa to obtain advantageous conditions of peace (Shoryo Ando, act of providing authorization for land ownership and guaranteeing feudal tenure, of the three provinces, Satsuma, Osumi and Hyuga) with Kamigata (Kyoto and Osaka area).
- Yoshihisa, who was Shogun and trusted Yoshiharu, mourned his death and stopped performance of Sarugaku (present Noh).
- Yoshihito Shinno (the term Shinno refers to Imperial Prince) (Emperor Taisho): November 3, 1889
- Yoshihito, Prince Katsura
- Yoshiie UKITA
- Yoshiie UKITA (year of birth unknown - 1534) was a military commander during the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States)(Japan).
- Yoshiie again intervened in the war, took Kiyohira's side and defeated Iehira.
- Yoshiie became a priest and died thereafter.
- Yoshiie got the order to subduing MINAMOTO no Yoshichika, who had incited an uprising; however, because Yoshiie died before carrying out the task, his successor, Yoshitada was given the same order in place of Yoshiie.
- Yoshiie had appointed his fourth son, MINAMOTO no Yoshitada, his successor.
- Yoshiie pierced through the three helmets with one shot.
- Yoshiie remarked that Yoshitada resembled Yoshiie's father, MINAMOTO no Yoriyoshi.
- Yoshiie reported this incident to the central government, and he requested a dismissal and the recall of Yoritoshi.
- Yoshiie supported Kiyohira, who had escaped, and destroyed Iehira.
- Yoshiie was a child of Hisaie UKITA, father of Okiie UKITA and grandfather of Naoie UKITA.
- Yoshiie was also called Hei no Saemonnojo and his name was mentioned as being Governor of Izumi Province.
- Yoshiie was awarded for his valor by being assigned to the Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade) of Dewa no kuni no kami (Governor of Dewa Province) on February 25, 1063.
- Yoshiie's grandchild Naoie UKITA became known for his resourcefulness however, Yoshiie was an individual of outstanding wisdom and courage and he enjoyed the profound trust of Norimune and Muramune.
- Yoshiie's helmet was penetrated by an arrow and he was struck by lances however, he fought on defiantly and gained control of the melee which caused the Matsuda forces to take flight.
- Yoshiie, the father sent a retainer FUJIWARA no Sukemichi to call back Yoshichika, but Sukemichi followed Yoshichika and killed a government official.
- Yoshiie-Ason (title) could not go to the front because of tiredness.'
- Yoshiiku OCHIAI
- Yoshiiku OCHIAI (1833 - February 6, 1904) was an ukiyoe artist and newspaperman in the end of Edo period to the Meiji period.
- Yoshiiku painted his works in a realistic painting style and he painted like Gasan who directly wrote text in a black portions of each of his nishiki-e prints.
- Yoshiisa OKU
- Yoshiisa OKU (1858 - March 6, 1933 [or may have been March 9, 1933]) was a gagakuka (musician of old Japanese court music) and composer in the Meiji, Taisho and Showa periods.
- Yoshijiro SAWAMURA
- Yoshijiro SAWAMURA the Fifth
- Yoshijiro SAWAMURA the First
- Yoshijiro SAWAMURA the Fourth
- Yoshijiro SAWAMURA the Second
- Yoshijiro SAWAMURA the Third
- Yoshijiro SAWAMURA who acted Umewaka in the premiere was later to become Tanosuke SAWAMURA, a star actor for female roles.
- Yoshijiro, who returned to a choreography, gradually widened his appeal with the backing of Tamaya and actors he associated with in previous times.
- Yoshikado ANDO
- Yoshikado SHIBA
- Yoshikado SHIBA (date of birth and death unknown) was a shugo daimyo (a Japanese provincial military governor who became a feudal lord) in the mid to late Muromachi period.
- Yoshikado SHIBA was born to the Shibukawa clan, a branch of the Ashikaga clan which was descended from Kawachi-Genji (Minamoto clan) and Seiwa-Genji (Minamoto clan).
- Yoshikado SHIBA: Echizen, Owari and Totomi
- Yoshikado was the immediate younger brother of MINAMOTO no Yoritomo, and according to "Keizu sanyo" (The Entire Compilation of Genealogical Tables in Edo Period), Yoshikado and Yoritomo were children of the same mother, a daughter of FUJIWARA no Suenori; however, it has not yet to be found a material of the same period which proves the information.
- Yoshikado, the father of Takafuji had been worried that his son had not returned home and the next day he became enraged; forbidding his from going out to practice falconry ever again.
- Yoshikado, who belonged to the western army led by Sozen YAMANA, fought in different places.
- Yoshikage ADACHI
- Yoshikage ADACHI is a busho (Japanese military commander) who lived in the mid Kamakura period.
- Yoshikage ASAKURA
- Yoshikage ASAKURA dispatched troops led by one of his clans Kagetake ASAKURA as supreme commander to Oda troops that were coming up to Odani-jo Castle which was the base of the Azai clan.
- Yoshikage ASAKURA was a busho (Japanese military commander) during the Sengoku period (period of warring states) (Japan).
- Yoshikage ASAKURA was annihilated by Nobunaga ODA in 1573, and Echizen no kuni (Echizen Province) fell under the control of Oda forces.
- Yoshikage ASAKURA was attacked and killed by Nobunaga.
- Yoshikage HIRASHIMA
- Yoshikage MAGARIBUCHI was an example of complications arising from this issue, and he was ordered to be `Doshin' of Nobukata ITAGAKI even though he was `hikan of Shingen.'
- Yoshikage also built various blood ties with senior vassals such as the Nagai, Nikaido, Muto and other clans.
- Yoshikage and his heir Yasumori took the lead in fighting in the Battle of Hoji to destroy the Miura clan.
- Yoshikage became an envoy to recommend him as the new emperor.
- Yoshikage inherited Akitajo no suke (provincial governor of Akita-jo castle in Dewa Province) at the age of 29 in that year.
- Yoshikage is considered to have celebrated his attainment of manhood in Yoshitoki's later years.
- Yoshikage married a daughter of Harumoto HOSOKAWA in 1548.
- Yoshikage married a daughter of Taneie KONOE as his second lawful wife.
- Yoshikage ran away from Hikida-jo Castle to Ichijodani, however, officers and soldiers still escaped one after another and only about ten close advisers such as Kagechika TORII and Kageakira TAKAHASHI were eventually left.
- Yoshikage served three successive regents, i.e. Yasutoki HOJO, Tsunetoki HOJO and Tokiyori HOJO, and he was taken into confidence as a hyojoshu (a member of Council of State).
- Yoshikage then decided to withdraw to Echizen Province.
- Yoshikage who made efforts to establish the tyranny of the patrimonial head of the main branch of the Hojo clan maintained a special position.
- Yoshikane ASHIKAGA
- Yoshikane KASHIWAGI
- Yoshikane KASHIWAGI was a busho (Japanese military commander) in the late Heian period.
- Yoshikane displayed the statues of Prince Takamochi and Yoshimasa, the father of Masakado, at the head of his army and closed in on Masakado's army.
- Yoshikane escaped to Mt. Tsukuba.
- Yoshikane had resolved to die, but just as he was preparing to stab himself, enemy soldiers dove on top of him one after another, and he was captured alive.
- Yoshikane was on bad terms with his nephew and the son-in-law, TAIRA no Masakado, and stayed out of the conflict between Masakado and the son of his father-in-law MINAMOTO no Mamoru, in which his elder brother TAIRA no Kunika was killed.
- Yoshikane's army invaded Toyoda again, where they engaged in ruthless looting and rioting and captured Masakado's wife and children.
- Yoshikane's descendants became gokenin (shogunal vassals) in the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), surviving as the Ishikawa-Genji (Minamoto clan) into the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan), and thereafter continued his line under the name of the Ishikawa clan.
- Yoshikane, as the new head of the Kawachi Ishikawa-Genji (Minamoto clan), led his uncles Yoshihira KONDO and Yoshisuke NIJO and threw himself wholeheartedly into a do-or-die defensive action, causing the attacking Taira army tremendous trouble.
- Yoshikane, who had been Kazusa no suke (Assistant Governor of Kazusa Province) at the time and persuaded Sadamori to support him, deployed a large force before joining his brother Yoshimasa and Sadamori in Mimori in June 935.
- Yoshikane, who was the father-in-law of Masakado and his sponsor, could not turn a blind eye to this, and in June, 936, Yoshikane fought against Masakado at the border of Shimotsuke Province along with Yoshimasa and the son of Kunika, TAIRA no Sadamori, but they were defeated.
- Yoshikata MIYOSHI
- Yoshikata MIYOSHI's child.
- Yoshikata ROKKAKU
- Yoshikata ROKKAKU and his son Yoshiharu ROKKAKU in Minami Omi Province who opposed come under attack of the Oda army, and the Kannonji-jo Castle fell (Battle of Kannonji-jo Castle).
- Yoshikata ROKKAKU surrendered to Nobunaga.
- Yoshikata and Yoshiharu ROKKAKU escaped to the Iga Province and continued guerrilla warfare after that.
- Yoshikata owned Taga County, Kozuke Province and married the daughter of Shigetaka CHICHIBU (who was the great-uncle of Shigetada HATAKEYAMA and the grandfather of Shigeyori KAWAGOE) of the Chichibu region in Musashi Province.
- Yoshikata was a half brother of MINAMOTO no Yoshitomo.
- Yoshikata was the father of MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka.
- Yoshikata was the second son of MINAMOTO no Tameyoshi.
- Yoshikata's exclusive right formed a remote cause of the assassination of Shogun Yoshiteru in 1565, and then Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA, Yoshiteru's younger brother was patronized.
- Yoshikata's lawful wife, a daughter of Yoshifusa, died young; he then married the younger sister of his late wife as his second wife.
- Yoshikata's son Komaomaru who was 2 years of age at that time escaped to Kiso with help of various people including Shigeyoshi HATAKEYAMA and Sanemori SAITO and later became MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka.
- Yoshikatsu ASHIKAGA
- Yoshikatsu ASHIKAGA was the seventh seii taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians") of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
- Yoshikatsu MORI
- Yoshikatsu MORI (year of birth not known - July 1, 1582) was Nobunaga ODA's retainer.
- Yoshikatsu OISHI
- Yoshikatsu OISHI (1587 - September 18, 1650) was a samurai who lived from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the early Edo period.
- Yoshikatsu TOKUGAWA
- Yoshikatsu TOKUGAWA (14th, 17th Head of the Owari Tokugawa household)
- Yoshikatsu TOKUGAWA (April 14, 1824 - August 1, 1883) was a daimyo (a Japanese feudal lord) (the 14th and 17th lord of the Owari Domain [later the Nagoya Domain]) in the late Edo period and a statesman in the early Meiji period.
- Yoshikatsu TOKUGAWA (former lord of Owari Domain)
- Yoshikatsu TOKUGAWA of Owari Domain and Katamori MATSUDAIRA of Aizu Domain were descendants of Yoshinari MATSUDAIRA, who had been adopted into the lord family of Takasu Domain from the Mito family.
- Yoshikatsu YAGYU and Muneaki YAGYU were his older brothers.
- Yoshikatsu believed in 'the thing held by the order of the Emperor' which was a will of the original forefather of the domain Yoshinao TOKUGAWA, so that he insisted in Sonno Joi (19th century slogan advocating reverence for the Emperor and the expulsion of foreigners) and conducted a reformation of domain duties, mainly a thrifty policy at domestic administration.
- Yoshikatsu held office for only eight months and died on August 25, 1443.
- Yoshikatsu objected to the re-Conquest and let Mochinaga refuse the assumption of the governor conquering of Choshu, and then went to the capital to take the position of the guard at Imperial Palace.
- Yoshikatsu received Osaka-jo Castle on behalf of the new government.
- Yoshikatsu returned to Kyoto with a lenient measure as the Choshu clan swore allegiance at this Choshu Conquest.
- Yoshikawabon
- Yoshikawahachiman-gu Shrine in Kibichuo Town, Kaga District, Okayama Prefecture performs yabusame for the Toban-sai Festival in October.
- Yoshikaze KIRA wrote "Uetsufumi Syoyaku" based on the "Uetsufumi chokuyaku (direct translation of Uetsufumi) in 1877.
- Yoshikaze was appointed Jushiinoge (Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade) in Konoefu (the Headquarters of the Inner Palace Guards).
- Yoshikaze was the oldest son of Prince Shigeyo in Gyobusho (Ministry of Justice) of Kaga province, who was a son of Imperial Prince Nakano, who was a son of Emperor Kammu, and Yoshikaze demoted from the Imperial family to a subject in 874 and called himself one of the Taira clan.
- Yoshikazu (Yoshitane) ASHIKAGA
- Yoshikazu ASHIKAGA
- Yoshikazu ASHIKAGA was born on September 5, 1407 as the legitimate heir of Yoshimochi ASHIKAGA, the 4th shogun of the Muromachi government.
- Yoshikazu ASHIKAGA was the 5th Seii Taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians": period of office tenure: May 7, 1423 to March 23, 1425; Japanese lunar calendar dates) of the Muromachi government.
- Yoshikazu HIKI was an adopted son of Hikinoama who was a wet nurse of MINAMOTO no Yoritomo and his wife was a wet nurse of Manju, the first son of Yoritomo (who was to become MINAMOTO no Yoriie), so he gained Yoritomo's trust and became one of the senior vassals.
- Yoshikazu HIKI, the adopted son of Hikinoama, who had acted as Yoritomo's menoto (a wet-nurse for a highborn baby), was selected as Yoriie's menoto-fu (generally the husband of a menoto).
- Yoshikazu KONDO stated that it began to change from the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan).
- Yoshikazu KONDO, an expert on the decorum and records of the past, authenticated the costumes and armor of the three portraits in detail, and claimed that these three portraits could be drawn in the first period of the 13th century.
- Yoshikazu KOYAMA
- Yoshikazu KUMAYA (a purveyor of the Choshu clan, 1795 to 1860)
- Yoshikazu YAMANA also died in the battle and the Yamana forces lost at the beginning of the battle.
- Yoshikazu and Yoshinori ASHIKAGA of later generations also lived in this Sanjobomondono.
- Yoshikazu became furious to know this decision.
- Yoshikazu had no heir, so after his death, his father, Yoshimochi, acted as the deputy shogun until he died in 1428.
- Yoshikazu, who was deeply trusted by Yoriie, began to exert power.
- Yoshiki (Western style)
- Yoshiki (Western style) lavatory basin and the urinal for male appeared in Japan in the twentieth century and during the period when the General Headquarters (GHQ), which centered on Western nations such as the British army or American army and so on, occupied Japan, they dramatically spread across Japan.
- Yoshiki (another name for Yoshitane) entered Hojozu-jo Castle (at Nakashinminato, Imizu City) of Naganobu JINBO, Ecchu shugodai (deputy of shugo, provincial constable) after escaping from Kyoto.
- Yoshiki (former name of Yoshitane ASHIKAGA) who was expelled from Kyoto headed down to Yamaguchi to ask Yoshioki OUCHI for help after wandering for several years.
- Yoshiki (later Yoshitane) ASHIKAGA was born as a son of Yoshimi ASHIKAGA on July 30, 1466.
- Yoshiki KONDO authored "Theories of Legitimacy" in 1829, put forward a theory that the Jinshin year was an interregnum, and argued that interpretation of the inscription of Yakushiji Temple and the tai sui article did not necessarily follow that Otomo was enthroned.
- Yoshiki followed the policies of the former shogun Yoshihisa and tried to increase his military strength, by taking over the campaign against the Rokkaku house in 1491 to deal with uprisings like in Tanba and Yamashiro provinces in the Kinai region.
- Yoshiki issued gohan no migyosho (document of shogunate order with the seal of a shogun), gonaisho (official document) and bugyonin hosho (document called administrative directive) by commanding bugyonin (magistrate).
- Yoshiki returned to Kyoto with Yoshimi and was put forward as the tenth shogun, but some people, including Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA and Masamoto HOSOKAWA, supported Seiko (Yoshizumi ASHIKAGA), the son of Masatomo ASHIKAGA who was the Horikoshi Governor-General, and was the head of the Kyogon-in of Tenryu-ji Temple at that time.
- Yoshiki's forces were divided by this news.
- Yoshiki-en Garden
- Yoshikien Garden (Adjacent)
- Yoshikiyo ASHIKAGA, and Takanobu's maternal relative Yukihiro UNNO were also killed in the battle.
- Yoshikiyo ISSHIKI
- Yoshikiyo ISSHIKI (date of birth unknown ? 1582) was the last head clansman of the Isshiki clan.
- Yoshikiyo ISSHIKI (dates of birth and death unknown) was a figure during the Sengoku period (period of warring states) (Japan)
- Yoshikiyo ISSHIKI: Echizen no kami (Governor of Echizen)
- Yoshikiyo ISSHIKI: Sakyo no daibu (Master of the Eastern Capital Offices)
- Yoshikiyo KIMURA
- Yoshikiyo KIMURA (year of birth unknown - 1598) was a busho (Japanese military commander) in the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama Periods.
- Yoshikiyo and his son occupied Hemi-sho located at the foot of Mt. Yatsugatake, and their descendants settled at various places in the Kofu basin and became branch families.
- Yoshikiyo held positions such as Uemon no jo (the third ranked official of the Right Division of Outer Palace Guards) and Hyogo no suke (assistant director of military storehouses).
- Yoshikiyo moved his resident castle from Omori-jo Castle to Fukushima-jo Castle, and renamed Suginome to 'Fukushima.'
- Yoshikiyo suffered a crushing defeat as supreme commander by the Taira clan's army who were accustomed to fighting on ships, and along with Yukihiro UNNO, his younger paternal half-brother Yoshinaga and many others, he was killed in a fierce battle from a barrage of falling arrows (the battle at Mizushima).
- Yoshikiyo was forced to leave his residence, the Teraike-jo Castle, by the people joining the ikki and barricaded himself into the Sanuma-jo Castle.
- Yoshikiyo's brother was Yoshinaga ASHIKAGA and his younger paternal half-brothers were Yoshikane ASHIKAGA and Yoshifusa ASHIKAGA.
- Yoshikiyo's movements are confirmed up until 1519.
- Yoshiko NAKAMURA was the youngest daughter of Ganjiro NAKAMURA (the first).
- Yoshiko NAKAYAMA
- Yoshiko NAKAYAMA (January 16, 1836 - October 5, 1907) was real mother of the Emperor Meiji.
- Yoshiko OKADA who had belonged to Shingeki (literally, new play) instantly became a famous actress.
- Yoshiko also received an Imperial letter of appointment to nyogo in 893 and was given the rank of Jushii (Junior Fourth Rank) in 896.
- Yoshiko entered the Imperial Court after the death of her father, Nagara, married FUJIWARA no Ujimune, and adopted Emperor Koko's son, MINAMOTO no Sadami, who later became Emperor Uda.
- Yoshiko is considered to have played an important role in getting her adopted son, Sadami, back in the imperial family and ascend the throne following the death of Emperor Koko.
- Yoshiko married Hikokichi IJUIN, later a foreign minister.
- Yoshiko was the mother of Imperial Prince Tokinaka, Cloistered Imperial Prince Shinjaku, Imperial Prince Tokikuni, and Imperial Princess Kimiko, who was also a Sai-in (an Imperial Princess appointed to serve the deities of the Kamo-jinja Shrines).
- Yoshikumi TOKUGAWA (a founder of a branch of the Owari Tokugawa family; a baron)
- Yoshikuni and Yoshitomo became allies, and both maintained power.
- Yoshikuni later became 加賀国, but this was still a much lower post than Kawachi no kami.
- Yoshikuni used the manor as a front-line base for extending his power to Musashi Province.
- Yoshikuni was based in Ashikaga no sho, Shimotsuke Province (Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture), however, the next child of Yoshikuni, MINAMOTO no Yoshiyasu succeeded to Ashikaga no sho and called himself the Ashikaga clan.
- Yoshikuni was the founder of the Ashikaga clan and the Nitta clan, and afterward both clans built the basis of power in Shimono and Ueno, respectively.
- Yoshikuni was under house arrest in the Kanto region due to an offense he had committed.
- Yoshikuni's birth year and death year are uncertain with various theories.
- Yoshikuni's descendants are Yamana clan, Satomi clan, Momoi clan, Ishito clan, Kira clan, Imagawa clan, Hosokawa clan, Hatakeyama clan, Shiba clan, Isshiki clan, Serata clan and the like.
- Yoshikuni's first son was MINAMOTO no Yoshishige (ancestor of Nitta clan); Yoshishige's mother was Kozuke no suke FUJIWARA no Atsumoto no musume, or Naritsuna ASHIKAGA no musume.
- Yoshikuni's tactics and the fact that his eldest son Yoshishige NITTA extended his power to Nitta, Kozuke Province indicate Yoshikuni's excellent strategic insight focusing on Ashikaga no sho manor which had easy access to Shimotsuke, Kozuke and Musashi Provinces.
- Yoshimaro DOKI, Kimiko TSUMURA, Minoru TAKENAKA, Masaki DOMOTO, Tomio INAGAKI, and so on, produced many Shinsaku-Noh works.
- Yoshimaro YAMASHINA of the Yamashinanomiya family (Yoshimaro YAMASHINA, July 24, 1920)
- Yoshimaru NAKAMURA - Utanosuke NAKAMURA the third - Shikaku NAKAMURA the second
- Yoshimaru SATO, a part-time teacher at Waseda University, pointed out that this was an underlying cause of why Okuma's library had not been published until the present day.
- Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA
- Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA (the 6th Shogun)
- Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA was the 8th Seii Taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians") of the Muromachi Shogunate (reigned between 1449 - 1473).
- Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA, a shogun of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), is said to have specifically loved yuzuke which was prepared by pouring a hot soup stock of kelp or shiitake mushrooms over cold rice rinsed with water.
- Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA, the eighth Shogun of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), avoided him, so he confined himself to his house.
- Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA, the eighth Shogun of the Muromachi bakufu, sent his younger brother, Masatomo ASHIKAGA, to the Kanto region to cope with Shigeuji ASHIKAGA of Koga Kubo, but he could not go over Hakone, so he settled in Horigoe, Tagata County, Izu Province.
- Yoshimasa KANZE
- Yoshimasa KANZE (September 25, 1970 -) was Nohgakushi (Noh actor).
- Yoshimasa KIRA
- Yoshimasa KIRA, an adopted heir, succeeded to a property.
- Yoshimasa KISO: 10,000-koku Ashido Domain
- Yoshimasa KISO: Permitted to rule his inherited territories, Chikuma-gun and Azumi-gun
- Yoshimasa KOIDE
- Yoshimasa KOIDE (1565 - April 19, 1613) was a busho (Japanese military commander) in the Azuchi Momoyama period and the early Edo period.
- Yoshimasa MATSUDAIRA (the founder of the Okubo Matsudaira family; the first lord of Yanagawa Domain in Mutsu Province)
- Yoshimasa MATSUDAIRA (the twelfth lord of Takasu Domain.)
- Yoshimasa MIURA called himself Emperor (he was just one of those who did the same thing) because, Miura claimed, Imperial Prince Takayoshi had been the Emperor of Hokuriku Chotei and he himself was the Takayoshi's descendant.
- Yoshimasa OSHIMA
- Yoshimasa OSHIMA (September 20, 1850 - April 10, 1926) was a samurai warrior of Japan, feudal retainer of Choshu Domain, military man of Imperial Japanese Army and a peerage.
- Yoshimasa SATAKE eventually came to meet Hirotsune; however, Hirotsune killed him after Hirotsune called him to meet on the bridge without their retainers.
- Yoshimasa SHIBA
- Yoshimasa SHIBA (his first name also can be pronounced Yoshiyuki) (1350 - June 18, 1410) was a busho (Japanese military commander) and shugo daimyo (Japanese feudal lord serving as a provincial military governor) from the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan) to the Muromachi period.
- Yoshimasa SHIBA assumed the post of Kanrei after Yoriyuki, which led to the personnel within the bakufu becoming dominated by the Shiba clan and certain of the policies being revoked.
- Yoshimasa SHIBA filled the position of Kanrei that was left open by Kiyouji's fall; then Yoriyuki HOSOKAWA took over when SHIBA fell briefly.
- Yoshimasa TANAKA
- Yoshimasa TANAKA (1548-March 23,1609) was a Japanese military commander in the Sengoku period (Period of Warring States) and the Azuchi-Momoyama period, and later, was a Japanese feudal lord in the Edo period.
- Yoshimasa TANAKA had several crests and one of them was "hidari mitsudomoe", which he is said to have been granted by Hachiman-sha shrine (Himure Hachiman-gu shrine) during his rule in Omihachiman, used as emblem on his flag at the Battle of Sekigahara.
- Yoshimasa TODO (He fought for the east army, and the spearhead convoy of the Todo squad, and died during the battle.)
- Yoshimasa TOKUGAWA (1825 ? 1838) became the sixth head of the Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family.
- Yoshimasa UEMATSU
- Yoshimasa UEMATSU (December 29, 1721 - October 5, 1777) was a court noble during the mid Edo period.
- Yoshimasa achieved the capture of Mitsunari as he tried to escape in Mt.Ibuki.
- Yoshimasa also sought to make the Japan-Yi dynasty trade as a source of revenue and made a proposal to the Yi-Dynasty to introduce Gafusei.
- Yoshimasa and Yoshihisa's rivalry intensified, as evidenced by the armed encounter between Yoshihisa's aides and those close to Yoshimasa in May, 1485.
- Yoshimasa and his retainers fought in defense, and Yoshihisa hid in a charcoal shed.
- Yoshimasa appealed to his older brother TAIRA no Yoshikane for assistance, and Yoshikane accepted it..
- Yoshimasa became a Kanrei again after the Koryaku Coup in which the anti-Hosokawa faction was gathered together and the third Shogun Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA was asked to dismiss Yoriyuki.
- Yoshimasa considered making his younger brother Gijin return to secular life (his secular name was Yoshimi ASHIKAGA) and transferring shogun to him, but Yoshimasa's lawful wife Tomiko HINO gave birth to Yoshihisa ASHIKAGA, and they conflicted with each other about succession, causing the Onin War.
- Yoshimasa died in Fushimi, Kyoto in 1609 and his successor, Tadamasa TANAKA died without having a son, so the Tanaka family forfeited its rank and properties in 1620.
- Yoshimasa forbade involvement in the personal strife within the Hatakeyama family, but Sozen arranged for keeping Emperor Gotsuchimikado and the Retired Emperor Gohanazono sheltered in Muromachi-dai, and gave support to Yoshinari.
- Yoshimasa gathered soldiers at his base in Mimori, Hitachi Province, then departed for Masakado's base in Toyoda.
- Yoshimasa hesitated, but he finally agreed.
- Yoshimasa ran away when he got injured.
- Yoshimasa regarded controlling over the right of Japan-Korea trade as important such that he secretly owned Gafu and did not allow even the influential shugo (military governor) living in the capital to dispatch the Ojo-daijin envoy.
- Yoshimasa strengthened the power of the shogun taking advantage of the coup, as with his father who took advantage of Joji Incident, and eventually led Muromachi bakufu to its height of power by defeating the Toki clan, the Yamana clan, and the Ouchi clan.
- Yoshimasa succeeded to the post of Kanrei and personnel matters were taken over by the SHIBA clique.
- Yoshimasa testified that he fainted after the injury.
- Yoshimasa was adopted by Takamasa to inherit the Uematsu Family.
- Yoshimasa was favored by KAMO no Yasunori because of his great sensitivity and love of learning and, in 1017, was promoted to Onmyo no kami a position to which even ABE no Seimei was never appointed.
- Yoshimasa was given 57,400 koku of Okazaki-jo Castle, Mikawa Province as a reward for his achievement in Hidetsugu's force during the Attack of Odawara.
- Yoshimasa was lenient with Christianity since he was the lord of Okazaki-jo Castle and had actively studied western thought from missionaries.
- Yoshimasa was not fortunate enough to have any sons, so he adopted his younger brother Yoshimi ASHIKAGA and appointed him his heir, but when Tomiko gave birth to a son, Yoshihisa ASHIKAGA, two rival factions, the faction supporting Yoshimi and the one supporting Yoshihisa, came into conflict.
- Yoshimasa was one of his followers who were disappointed in Katsuyori; Katsuyori also distrusted Yoshimasa, who took no action to defend Akiyama, and the relationship between Yoshimasa and Katsuyori deteriorated quickly.
- Yoshimasa was recommended by KAMO no Yasunori as tenmon tokugyou no sho in 970, was appointed tenmon hakase after Seimei in 986, and became onmyo no kami in 1004, also serving as tenmon hakase until his death.
- Yoshimasa was recommended by KAMO no Yasunori to be a student of Astrology (the studenthood belonging to the office of Ommyo to learn astrology from the astrologist) in 970 ("Ruiju fusensho"; A collection of official documents dating from the years 737 to 1093).
- Yoshimasa, Mitsusuke's younger brother, and Norishige were also killed several years later.
- Yoshimasa, at first, actively intervened into these family heir disputes, but he met opposition from kanrei Katsumoto HOSOKAWA regarding the internal dispute of the Togashi clan, the shugo of the Province of Kaga, and Yoshimasa could not influence the issue of family heir the way he wanted.
- Yoshimasa, who loved and watched noh even during the Onin War, greatly valued Onami and pulled him up to the front stage once again.
- Yoshimasu DAIHOJI from Dewa Province, had an alliance with Shigenaga, surrendered to Terutora and as a result, Terutora claimed the Shonai region in Dewa Province.
- Yoshimatsu HANAYAGI from the school of Jusuke HANAYAGI I assuming the new name of Yoshimatsu (subsequently Judo) WAKAYAGI founded the Wakayagi school in 1893.
- Yoshimi ASHIKAGA
- Yoshimi ASHIKAGA (returned to secular life to succeed his brother Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA.)
- Yoshimi ASHIKAGA was a member of the ASHIKAGA clan from the mid- to late Muromachi period.
- Yoshimi ASHIKAGA was his younger brother by the same mother, and Yoshikatsu ASHIKAGA was his older brother by the same mother.
- Yoshimi TANAKA
- Yoshimi TANAKA (December 1886 - November 14, 1956) was a politician (House of Representatives) who was born in Funai County, Kyoto Prefecture (later Jonan-machi, Sonobe Town and now Jonan-machi, Sonobe Town, Nantan City)
- Yoshimi Tanaka was born 1886 in Sonobe Town, Kyoto.
- Yoshimi and Masanaga HATAKEYAMA's influence increased after Yoshiki became shogun, with Masanaga becoming the dominant power after Yoshimi's death in January, 1491.
- Yoshimi clan belonging to the family also submitted itself to the Mori clan.
- Yoshimi first belonged to the eastern force led by Katsumoto, but in September, when Masahiro OUCHI of Suo Province went to Kyoto, he fled to the Isshiki and Kitabatake families of Ise Province.
- Yoshimi himself could not become shogun, but after the ninth shogun Yoshihisa died young, a son of Yoshimi, Yoshitane ASHIKAGA, became the 10th shogun.
- Yoshimi sought the help of Katsumoto, which resulted in Sadachika being accused of zanso (bringing false charges) and driven out to Omi Province (Shiga Prefecture), an incident leading to the Bunsho Political Incident in which Shizui and Masanori AKAMATSU, who had sided with Sadachika, were ousted.
- Yoshimi who was supported by Katsumoto HOSOKAWA of the Eastern Camp changed sides to Sozen YAMANA of the Western Camp, and Yoshimasa appointed Yoshihisa as a successor.
- Yoshimichi (the fourth lord of Owari Domain)
- Yoshimichi AOYAMA
- Yoshimichi AOYAMA (September 11, 1725 ? December 7, 1779) was the second lord of the Miyazu Domain, Tango Province.
- Yoshimichi HASEGAWA (1916-1919)
- Yoshimichi INABA
- Yoshimichi INABA/Ittetsu INABA was a busho (Japanese military commander) from the Sengoku to the Azuchi-Momoyama period.
- Yoshimichi ISSHIKI
- Yoshimichi ISSHIKI (date of birth unknown - 1579) was a Busho (Japanese military commander) and Daimyo (Japanese territorial lord) in the Sengoku (Warring States) period (Japan) and Azuchi-Momoyama period.
- Yoshimichi IWATA: A graduate of Kyoto Imperial University.
- Yoshimichi KUJO
- Yoshimichi KUJO (December 19, 1167 ~ March 19, 1188) was a court noble of the end of Heian period.
- Yoshimichi repulsed the attacks for a time but in response to a scheme of Mutsuhide, Yoshimichi's vassals changed sides one after the other in the following year, and prior to a fierce attack by Hosokawa's forces, Takebeyama-jo Castle also capitulated.
- Yoshimichi was born on September 11, 1725.
- Yoshimichi, a descendant of Sadamoto, lived in Yamamuragou in Omi Province and referred to himself as a member of the Yamamura clan.
- Yoshimiko-jinja Shrine
- Yoshimine Kannon school (independent temple of Tendai Sect).
- Yoshimine-dera Temple
- Yoshimine-dera Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Nishikyo-ku Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.
- Yoshimine-dera Temple was founded in 1029 by Genzan.
- Yoshimine-dera Temple; Anao-ji Temple; Soji-ji Temple (Ibaraki City)
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA and Mitsuakira ASHIKAGA were among his children.
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA brings the Wako under control and begins dealings with Korea
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA built a residence called Hana no Gosho (literally, Flower Palace) in Kitakoji Muromachi (Kamigyo Ward), which was used as a residence by the Shogun family until it was burned down during to the Onin War, and Ashikaga Shogun were also called as 'Muromachi-dono' after the residence.
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA completed the Meitoku treaty to unify the Northern and Southern Courts, conducted trade between Japan and the Ming Dynasty in China and was awarded the title of King of Japan by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA intentionally provoked important Shugo Daimyo (Lords) into rebelling against the shogunate (the Meitoku and Oei Rebellions) and by defeating them, reduced their power.
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA is said to have used the water from this spring to make his tea.
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA is said to have used the water from this spring to wash his hands.
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA of Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) installed Ama-dera/Niji gozan and modeled it after the Gozan system (the selection system of temples of the five highest ranks).
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA of Seiwa-Genji became Genji chaja for the first time as Buke-Genji (Minamoto clan as samurai families).
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA responded to this demand, was appointed King of Japan and started to monopolize the trade with Ming using Kangofu (certificate to show that a ship was lawfully registered by Ming).
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA sent an envoy to the Ming several times, in hopes of monopolizing the trade between Japan and the Ming.
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA was appointed to Umaryo gogen (Inspector of the Umaryo, Right Division of Bureau of Horses).
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA was one of those who sent a Johyobun as King of Japan to Emperor Yongle of Ming.
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA was the 3rd Seii Taishogun of the Muromachi Shogunate and reigned from 1368 to1394.
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA was the first Genji choja (the top of the Minamoto clan) who was from Seiwa-Genji, thus paving the way for prospective shogun to be the Genji choja.
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA, the Muromachi Shogun at the time took over Kitayama villa in 1397 and he was called Kitayama-dono (Lord Kitayama).
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA, the shogun of the period, accepted the request and sent Sadayo (Ryoshun) IMAGAWA as a tandai (a local commissioner).
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA, the third Muromachi shogun, became Grand Minister with the political authority of a chiten no kimi; after the Eitoku period, he independently approved families and their estates en bloc, and exercised control over the court nobles.
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA, the third Shogun of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), sent Sadayo IMAGAWA (Ryoshun) to Kyushu, having him expel the members supporting the Southern Court.
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA, the third Shogun, ordered Chushin to come to Kyoto in 1382, and Chushin followed the order in September 1383.
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA, the third shogun of Ashikaga shogunate built his Muromachi-dono (residence of Ashikaga Shogun family) admired as Hana-no-gosho (residence of Shogun in Kyoto) near Muromachi-dori Imadegawa in 1378, which is the origin of the name Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA, who became the third shogun in 1369, tried to strengthen the authority of shogun.
- Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA, who sought to weaken dominant shugo daimyo, put pressure on Yoshihiro and provoked him to go to the capital in 1399, but Yoshihiro refused Yoshimitsu's order and rose in revolt (the Oei War) together with Mitsukane ASHIKAGA who was Kamakura kubo (Governor-general of the Kanto region).
- Yoshimitsu AWATAGUCHI
- Yoshimitsu AWATAGUCHI (around 13th century) was a sword craftsman in the middle of Kamakura period.
- Yoshimitsu MURAKAMI
- Yoshimitsu MURAKAMI was in trouble since the Kurushima clan, who played an important role of the MURAKAMI navy, made an alliance with Nobunaga.
- Yoshimitsu SHIBUKAWA
- Yoshimitsu SHIBUKAWA (year of birth unknown - March 30, 1573) was a Japanese military commander who lived during the Sengoku period (period of Warring States).
- Yoshimitsu Zekan DEME
- Yoshimitsu Zekan DEME (1526? - 1616) was a Noh-men uchi (a person who makes Noh masks) from the Momoyama period to the early Edo period.
- Yoshimitsu Zekan was taught by someone who had studied under SANKOBO, and he became the founder of the Ono Deme family.
- Yoshimitsu accomplished the unification of the Northern and Southern Courts and gained power of the shogun, but he considered Ryoshun's force and diplomatic right dangerous.
- Yoshimitsu accomplished the unification of the Southern and Northern Courts in 1392, and then defeated Yoshihiro OUCHI in the Oei War in 1399 who had individually carried on private trade.
- Yoshimitsu also was from the Minamoto clan who's founder was Emperor Seiwa (or Emperor Yozei), however he was almost ten generations removed from the former Emperor who was in the same Imperial lineage, so he was not considered to have the right to succeed to the throne.
- Yoshimitsu and 5000 cavalrymen of umamawari (horse guards) (hokoshu) (a military post in Muromachi shogunate) waited at the Isshiki family residence at Horikawa.
- Yoshimitsu and the king of Japan under the tributary system
- Yoshimitsu avoided the peace treaty, and he decided to fight by saying, 'I leave up to the view of the heavens the destinies of my clan and the Yamana clan.'
- Yoshimitsu awarded a sword to Yoshihiro OUCHI in praise of his heroic deed.
- Yoshimitsu became an active leader of the anti-Toyotomi faction after this incident, and he was active as a key figure of the East squad in Ou (Mutsu Province and Dewa Province) in the Battle of Dewa in the Keicho Era.
- Yoshimitsu broke up the Yamana clan and ousted Tokihiro and Ujiyuki, but Ujikiyo and Mitsuyuki's powers increased.
- Yoshimitsu changed the name of Anjo-in Temple (Chuindojo) to Rokuonin and appointed Chushin as its chief priest.
- Yoshimitsu did not miss this opportunity and commanded to put down Yasuyuki as a rebel in May 1389, so Yoritada TOKI and Yorimasu TOKI, father and son, of the Toki clan tried to do it.
- Yoshimitsu didn't stop his policy to weaken major shugo daimyo clans, and in 1391, the Yamana family, who had dominated eleven pronices and was even called "Rokubunno-Ichi dono (literally, the lord who has one sixth of the country) was conquered by the Meitoku War.
- Yoshimitsu felt offended, and after that, he was never allowed to change the name of the era during his reign, and that is why the Oei was the longest era before Meiji.
- Yoshimitsu gave an order to subjugate Yasuyuki in 1389, and in the following year, 1390, his order was executed (Yasuyuki TOKI's Rebellion).
- Yoshimitsu had provoked Ujikiyo and Mitsuyuki to raise an army, but he was not confident that he would win.
- Yoshimitsu had wanted Yoriyuki to becom Kanrei again but Yoriyuk declined the offer on account of having become a priest.
- Yoshimitsu held a range of events such as poetry events and kemari (a game played by aristocrats in the Heian period) events, inviting the Emperor Goenyu, kanpaku (chief adviser to the Emperor), Morotsugu NIJO, and others.
- Yoshimitsu is also considered the founder of the Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu (a type of Jujutsu), an ancient Japanese martial art style.
- Yoshimitsu is believed to be the first person who lived in Kai province, and it has been passed down orally that Wakamiko Castle located in Wakamiko, Sutama-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture was Yoshimitsu's residence.
- Yoshimitsu made an effort to reduce the power of the Shugo daimyo.
- Yoshimitsu modeled the garden for Sento-gosho (an imperial villa for retired emperors) and invited delegations from the Ming dynasty, and was honored by the visit of the emperor and he used the villa for official purposes.
- Yoshimitsu participated in the Battle of Minatogawa as a leader of the Ashikaga army and was killled in the Battle of Hieizan Sakamoto.
- Yoshimitsu regretted the termination of a successor to pass on the secret music from his own death in a battle and gave the music to Toshiaki, asking him to pass it on.
- Yoshimitsu repeatedly summoned Yoshihiro to the capital, but rumors had spread that 'You'll be deprived of your governorship (shugo) over Iwami and Kii' or even 'You'll be assassinated on the road to Kyoto,' and hearing these, Yoshihiro felt uneasy.
- Yoshimitsu requested that Tenryu-ji Temple Zen master Shunoku Myoha (1311-1388) serve as kaisan (founding priest) but Shunoku Myoha declined.
- Yoshimitsu seized power by using the opposition between the Hosokawa clan and the Shiba clan.
- Yoshimitsu sent a letter to Emperor Yongle as well.
- Yoshimitsu sent the monk Hogen IYO, who worked for the Cloistered Imperial Prince Sondo of Shoren-in Monzeki (head priest of Shoren-in temple), to Sakai to insist that Yoshihiro travel to the capital, but Yoshihiro refused to comply, saying 'There are some things that will not go according to your will.'
- Yoshimitsu stripped the Ouchi clan of their control over the provinces of Izumi, Kii, Iwami, and Buzen.
- Yoshimitsu subsequently married Yasuko HINO, who was her niece, and Yasuko succeeded to the position of his principal wife.
- Yoshimitsu then began to execute ingenious provocations against Ujikiyo and Mitsuyuki.
- Yoshimitsu told the injured Narimoto to go to Enjo-ji Temple on Hiei-zan Mountain to rest and deliver a letter to Yoshimitsu's young brother, Kaiyo.
- Yoshimitsu used the feud between them to split the Toki clan.
- Yoshimitsu was a Sho disciple of the late father of Tokiaki, Tokimoto, and inherited the secret Sho song, "Daijikichonyushi," but Tokiaki did not learn that song till then, as his father parted early from death.
- Yoshimitsu was again promoted and took the position of Naidaijin (minister of internal affairs) and Sadaijinn (minister of the left), the higher official rankings that his grandfather and his father were not able to achieve.
- Yoshimitsu was also called "Muromachi-dono" (Lord Muromachi), because he moved the Imperial Palace to Kitakoji Muromachi.
- Yoshimitsu was fond of music and was taught Sho (Japanese flute) by TOYOHARA no Tokimoto.
- Yoshimitsu was in quite intensive fury and grief, and some people said this tragedy caused Yoshimitsu to join the East squad in the Battle of Sekigahara.
- Yoshimitsu was promoted to Sangi (councilor) in 1373, five years after he was inaugurated as shogun, and to Naidainjin (Minister of the Center) in 1381, and he indicated his willingness to act as the member of the Imperial Court.
- Yoshimitsu was the lord of Shodoyama-jo Castle in Bingo Province.
- Yoshimitsu was the one who created the system concerning karamono, which was organized and utilized during the period of Yoshinori.
- Yoshimitsu's Shichiju Daito tower was destroyed by fire several years after its completion but at over 106 m its record as the tallest building in Japan remained unbroken for approximately 530 years until the completion of the steel tower of the Yosami radio transmitting station (250 m) in 1929.
- Yoshimitsu's grandson, Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA who became the 8th Shogun, also tried to follow his grandfather and father's policies, but as he became disgusted with the Onin War and the puppet administration controlled by his vassals, he lost enthusiasm for political management.
- Yoshimitsu's insistent pursuit made Chushin escape into Gyuinan at Arima Hot Springs in April 1385.
- Yoshimitsu's next target was the Yamana clan that ruled 11 provinces.
- Yoshimitsu's provocations
- Yoshimitsu's son, Yoshinori ASHIKAGA, intended to continue Yoshimitsu's policies when he became the 6th Shogun, but he was assassinated by Mitsusuke AKAMATSU during the Kakitsu War.
- Yoshimitsu, after hearing Chushin ZEKKAI's report, issued an order to hunt down and destroy Yoshihiro.
- Yoshimitsu, commonly called Toshiro, is considered to be a master who can match Masamue OKAZAKI of Kamakura.
- Yoshimitsu, since his younger days, had deeply admired Ming, wishing to establish trade between Japan and Ming. However, the government of Ming recognized Prince Kanenaga sole counterpart for negotiations, therefore, Yoshimitsu's wish was not fulfilled.
- Yoshimitsu, who adored Ming culture, pressed the Imperial Court to use the Chinese character 洪 in the name of Japanese eras after the Taizu of Ming, Emperor Hongwu (洪武帝), but this was rejected by for various reasons, including the facts mentioned above.
- Yoshimitsu, with Hokoshu (the shogunal military guard), attacked by setting fire, and Yoshihiro was killed by Mitsuie HATAKEYAMA.
- Yoshimizu-jinja Shrine
- Yoshimizu-jinja Shrine is a shrine located in Yoshino-cho, Yoshino County, Nara Prefecture.
- Yoshimochi ASHIKAGA
- Yoshimochi ASHIKAGA (the 4th Shogun)
- Yoshimochi ASHIKAGA did temporarily halt trade with China, but was resumed by Yoshinori ASHIKAGA.
- Yoshimochi ASHIKAGA was the fourth shogun of Muromachi Shogunate.
- Yoshimochi ASHIKAGA, who became the fourth shogun after Yoshimitsu's death, broke off relations with Ming, but the sixth shogun Yoshinori ASHIKAGA resumed diplomatic relations.
- Yoshimochi aggressively suggested it as being a 'personal war', which led to asking Sankanrei (three deputies), Tokihiro YAMANA and Mitsusuke AKAMATSU about whether the killing Mochiuji would be right or wrong.
- Yoshimochi died at the age of 43 without choosing a successor after Yoshikazu's death.
- Yoshimochi died in 1428 without deciding his successor (his legitimate son, Yoshikazu ASHIKAGA, the fifth shogun, died early).
- Yoshimochi got angry at Mitsusuke's behavior and tried to conqure him but senior vassals of bakufu went against his idea.
- Yoshimori ISE
- Yoshimori ISE (year of birth unknown - August 11, 1186) was a samurai and a retainer of MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune who lived during the end of the Heian period.
- Yoshimori ISE: one of the Yoshitsune's four heavenly kings
- Yoshimori WADA
- Yoshimori WADA was a busho (Japanese military commander) from the end of Heian period to the beginning of Kamakura period.
- Yoshimori accompanied Yoshitsune when Yoshitsune left the capital on November 3, 1185 after having a fight with Yoritomo.
- Yoshimori and his younger brother Kojiro-Yoshimochi WADA were there, too.
- Yoshimori asked Sanetomo to give Tanenaga's residence to him because criminals' residences were traditionally to be handed down to a family member.
- Yoshimori joined this and when Yasuhira and the FUJIWARA no Kunihira brothers ran away after their huge defeat at the Battle of Atsukashiyama, Yoshimori chased them at the vanguard and fought an arrow battle against Kunihira.
- Yoshimori was Samurai-dokoro betto and Kagetoki was vice minister Shoshi (Deputy Chief of the Board of Retainers); they were both supporting Noriyori and Yoshitsune who were the commanders of the army that killed the Taira clan.
- Yoshimori was a member of the Miura clan but was not Soryo.
- Yoshimori was appointed to Samurai-dokoro betto as he had wished in Awa.
- Yoshimori was guarding the west entrance but all Miura clan were too tired from the Battles before that, so they decided to give up the castle and escape to the sea.
- Yoshimori was killed at around 6 p.m., and the battle was over.
- Yoshimori won over Chikaie KONDO to his side at Katsuura.
- Yoshimoto HANABUSA
- Yoshimoto HANABUSA (February 10, 1842 - July 9, 1917) was a diplomat in the Meiji and Taisho periods.
- Yoshimoto IMAGAWA
- Yoshimoto IMAGAWA (returned to secular life after the death of his brother Ujiteru IMAGAWA and inherited the family estate.)
- Yoshimoto IMAGAWA took back Takechiyo by exchanging hostages between him and Nobuhiro ODA, the eldest son born out of wedlock of Nobuhide ODA, (who was captured alive when Ansho-jo Castle was attacked in 1549 by Sessai TAIGEN).
- Yoshimoto IMAGAWA was a busho (Japanese military commander) and daimyo (Japanese feudal lord), who lived during the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States).
- Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., Ltd. moreover bought yose theaters where rakugo was performed regularly as well as many schools of rakugo storytelling.
- Yoshimoto Kogyo offers a rakugo program entitled 'Hanahana Yose' held every afternoon (starting at 12:30) from Monday to Friday at 'Umeda Kagetsu,' and where young performers who either belong to Yoshimoto Kogyo or are free-lancers, appear.
- Yoshimoto Kogyo: the family of Bunshi KATSURA V, the Hayashiya family and the family of Happo TSUKITEI of the Tsukitei family.
- Yoshimoto NIJO
- Yoshimoto NIJO (1320 - July 24, 1388) was a kugyo (the top court official), a poet and an achiever of Renga in the period of the Northern and Southern Courts.
- Yoshimoto NIJO (1320 to 1388)
- Yoshimoto NIJO endeavored to restructure the Northern Court (Japan) in the Kanno Disturbance.
- Yoshimoto NIJO initiated Emperor Goenyu with mudra and mantra in the shinzengushin ritual of Daijoe for Emperor Goenyu and the Emperor made the mudra and chanted the mantra during the ceremony.
- Yoshimoto NIJO promoted the establishment of sokuikanjo as a ritual to make it a new source of authority of the emperors of the Northern Court.
- Yoshimoto NIJO was worried about the situation and in agreement with Tsuneaki KASHUJI and Takauji, he requested the biological mother of Kogon and Komyo, Neishi SAIONJI become Chiten no kimi and after various obstacles were overcome, he gained acceptance.
- Yoshimoto NIJO, who assumed the position of Sekkan four times, conducted inmyodenju for the emperors of several generations and contributed to the settlement of sokuikanjo as a ritual.
- Yoshimoto NIJO: edited 'Tsukubashu' (1356) and established a style of a chorenga (a longer linked poem) based on 100 phrases in 'Oanshinshiki' (1372).
- Yoshimoto became the humiliated leader of a defeated army.
- Yoshimoto described his letters as 'those of a preacher who apparently had a difficult life.'
- Yoshimoto governed three provinces: Suruga, Totomi and Mikawa and occupied part of Owari Province, and the Imagawa clan reached the zenith, but he was killed by Nobunaga ODA by the attack to his headquarters in the Battle of Okehazama in 1560.
- Yoshimoto hated to be called the founder of Naikan and said in his lectures, "I'm just a showy advertiser of Naikan."
- Yoshimoto invaded Mikawa Province later to subordinate the weakening Matsudaira clan and carried out a westing policy successfully, he fought against the Oda clan in Owari Province who was eager to gain Mikawa in the 'Anjo War,' the 'Battle of Azuki-zaka' and so on, and excluded the Oda clan from Mikawa.
- Yoshimoto made a counterattack to the invasion but lost to Ujitsuna and he was deprived of Kato County.
- Yoshimoto never raised his voice in anger, but he always came straight to their most vulnerable points.
- Yoshimoto regarded this practice as very important.
- Yoshimoto said to the kuge who were reluctant about the ascension of a new emperor without the Sacred Treasures, 'Takauji will be the Kusanagi no tsurugi (sword) and Yoshimoto will be the ji (seal).'
- Yoshimoto was a round-faced, bold-headed man with very thick glasses.
- Yoshimoto was born in 1519 as the fifth son of Ujichika IMAGAWA.
- Yoshimoto was steadily gaining footholds for advancing into the Owari Province
- Yoshimoto was the ninth family head of the Imagawa clan, a family of Shugo daimyo in Suruga Province (present central part of Shizuoka Prefecture).
- Yoshimoto was the third son of MINAMOTO no Yoshitoki (who is also known as "Mutsu no Rokuro Yoshitoki" or "Mutsu Goro"), himself the sixth son of MINAMOTO no Yoshiie.
- Yoshimoto was thoroughly particular about the basics, but quite flexible about the details.
- Yoshimoto was transferred from Kyoto to Mikawa Province in 1560.
- Yoshimoto's final period
- Yoshimoto's severed head was later returned to the Suruga Province along with negotiations for surrender of the castle held by Yoshimoto's chief retainer Motonobu OKABE, who continued to fight bravely at Narumi-jo Castle against Nobunaga.
- Yoshimoto's son MINAMOTO no Yoshikane became the new leader of the Kawachi-Genji (Minamoto clan) and fought in that capacity during the Genpei War.
- Yoshimoto's uncle Moromoto moved to the Southern Court, but Yoshomoto stayed in Kyoto despite his deep respect for Emperor Godaigo, after which he was promoted to Gon no dainagon (provisional major councilor) in the Northern Court under Emperor Komyo.
- Yoshimune HATAKEYAMA: Noto Province
- Yoshimune HOJO
- Yoshimune HOJO (1253 - September 23, 1277) was a member of the Hojo clan in the mid Kamakura period.
- Yoshimune KISO
- Yoshimune KISO (year of birth and death unknown) was a busho (Japanese military commander) of the Kamakura period.
- Yoshimune KUJO was a younger paternal brother of the Empress Teimei, and his wife was a famous kajin (Waka poet), Takeko KUJO.
- Yoshimune OINOMIKADO
- Yoshimune OINOMIKADO (大炊御門 良宗, 1260 - September 28, 1307) was a Kugyo (high court noble) from the middle of Kamakura period to the late Kamakura period.
- Yoshimune OTOMO, who was also assigned to the third squad, was based in Hozan-jo Castle and Koshu-jo Castle.
- Yoshimune SATAKE's letter of donation dated February 1161 states as follows.
- Yoshimune TOKUGAWA
- Yoshimune TOKUGAWA "Kome Kubo" (Rice Kubo)
- Yoshimune TOKUGAWA briefly abandoned this practice, but it was revived by Ienari and continued as an established custom.
- Yoshimune TOKUGAWA collected and researched ancient and modern books on falconry and wrote books about hunting crane by himself.
- Yoshimune TOKUGAWA copied an ancient shaku unit handed down in Kumano jinja-Shrine of Kishu Domain to use for astronomical observation.
- Yoshimune TOKUGAWA from the Kishu Tokugawa family assumed the position of the eighth shogun, and implemented dynamic political reforms with no regard for the feelings of the hereditary vassal daimyo who had taken the initiative in the shogunate government until then (Kyoho Reforms).
- Yoshimune TOKUGAWA had a deep connection to whaling, which was one of the core industries of the Kishu Domain, and twice had the kujira-gumi (a whaling group) of Kumano-nada Sea conduct large scale whaling expeditions combined with military exercises.
- Yoshimune TOKUGAWA was born as the fourth son of Mitsusada TOKUGAWA, the second lord of Kishu Domain which was one of the Tokugawa gosanke (three privileged branches of Tokugawa family).
- Yoshimune TOKUGAWA was born on November 27, 1684 as the fourth son of Mitsusada TOKUGAWA who was the second lord of the Kishu Domain among the Tokugawa gosanke (as his parents' second son died at a young age, he sometimes counted as the third son).
- Yoshimune TOKUGAWA was the Eighth Seii Taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians") in the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
- Yoshimune TOKUGAWA, the eighth shogun became shogun through the lord of the Kishu clan, and so did Iemochi TOKUGAWA, the fourteenth Shogun, through the lord of the Kishu clan, as also did Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA, the fifteenth Shogun, from the Mito-Tokugawa family through the head of the Hitotsubashi family.
- Yoshimune TOKUGAWA, the eighth shogun, who was adopted from the Kishu-Tokugawa family.
- Yoshimune announced that 'Tenna rei' would remain in place for eternity and after that, revisions of Buke Shohatto were stopped.
- Yoshimune appointed Tadayuki MIZUNO as roju, and began financial reconstruction, making good use of his experience of domain duties in Kishu Domain.
- Yoshimune became the 8th shogun by judgment of the widow of Ienobu, Tenei-in.
- Yoshimune became the eighth shogun even though the highest ranked gosanke was the Owari family, and the reason is generally explained that because his age was the closest to Ieyasu among the members of the Tokugawa gosanke.
- Yoshimune contentedly said 'That is the man who is worthy of my confidence.'
- Yoshimune created the position of oniwaban because people from Iga and Koga who had worked for the bakufu since Ieyasu era, no longer functioned as ninja and secret agents.
- Yoshimune did not give any punishment to the Mori family.
- Yoshimune died on July 12, 1751, six years after retiring as shogun.
- Yoshimune from the Kishu Tokugawa Family who was adopted into the Tokugawa Shogunate Family had a legitimate son, Ieshige TOKUGAWA, when he was still the lord of the Kishu domain, and Ieshige entered the Edo-jo Castle as an heir when Yoshimune assumed a shogun.
- Yoshimune himself strived to live a simple life and cut costs, by wearing cotton kimono and having a meal twice a day, in the morning and evening, consisting of no more than 'one soup and three dishes.'
- Yoshimune is said to have given up the hope for Ieshige, but expected much of Ieharu and gave Ieharu good trainings in the study to become Shogun and martial art by himself.
- Yoshimune let Tadasuke OOKA consider this proposal and the establishment of Koishikawa Hospital was realized.
- Yoshimune means 'a master of Codes' (a recognized authority of the academic society).
- Yoshimune offered Tenei-in, who nominated him as shogun, a considerable annual recompense of 12,000 ryo, and also offered Gekkoin, who had been hostile to him, an annual recompense of 10,000 ryo and built Fukiage Palace for her.
- Yoshimune was concerned about the violently fluctuating price of rice, and it is said that Tanuma wondered whether the problem could be solved by promoting a monetary economy in Japan.
- Yoshimune was harsh on those who acted contrary to his policy, even though the person was his relative or a powerful fudai daimyo; another example is the punishment of Masamine SAKAKIBARA who was known for lavishly spending in pursuit of his pleasure such as redeeming Takao-dayu (courtesan).
- Yoshimune was his relative.
- Yoshimune was opposed to recoinage because previous cases of recoinage punished the public, however, the object of the coinage was not to gain marginal profits but to increase money supply for its own sake.
- Yoshimune' means 'the respective authority of the Ritsuryo codes.'
- Yoshimune's Kyoho Reforms were mostly successful, and the financial affairs of the bakufu were reconstructed to a certain extent.
- Yoshimune's cost-cutting policy and Muneharu TOKUGAWA's free economic policy are compared in many television dramas and novels.
- Yoshimune's head was sent to Yoshitsune, but his nurses followed barefoot, in order to take it back in order to let his soul rest in peace.
- Yoshimune's nurse finally took him in her arms, and seeing them leave in a wagon, Munemori broke down in tears, lamenting that he had never felt such deep sorrow in his life.
- Yoshimune's vassals couldn't understand his act because they believed Yoshimune dismissed Arai as Yoshimune hated him (Of course, Yoshimune didn't value Arai himself, but valued his policies.)
- Yoshimura DATE
- Yoshimura DATE (July 23, 1680-February 8, 1752) was the fifth feudal lord of the Sendai Domain in Mutsu Province, and 21st family head of the Date clan.
- Yoshimura MIURA was a busho (Japanese military commander) of the Sagami Province in the beginning of the Kamakura Period.
- Yoshimura MIURA was one of his cousins.
- Yoshimura MIURA's forces attacked them at Toji temple and routed Hideyasu FUJIWARA and Shigetada YAMADA, while Taneyoshi MIURA fought to the last and in the end took his own life.
- Yoshimura MIURA, after receiving the secret message from Taneyoshi, chased off the messenger and immediately sent the secret message on to the shogunate.
- Yoshimura Miura
- Yoshimura Residence (prefectural cultural property): This residence was formerly owned by the Ueda family which acted as a fertilizer merchant under the trade name of 'Tsuboya.'
- Yoshimura School
- Yoshimura Shuzo
- Yoshimura Shuzo Co., Ltd. is a company engaged in production and sale of seishu (refined sake), with its principal office at Kami-itabashi cho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City.
- Yoshimura again gathered troops with Yoshiharu ASHIKAGA as figurehead, but was defeated by Muramune during New Year of 1521.
- Yoshimura attacked an enemy with a sword, but was seriously wounded in the abdomen (or inner thigh) due to friendly fire, and the suicide squad retreated without garnering any results.
- Yoshimura became angry with this defeat and organized a suicide squad of twenty-four (or, thirteen, in another view) members and tried a night attack.
- Yoshimura finally became mature enough to join the politics around 1517 and established the new political system managed by two chief vassals (Muramune URAGAMI and Norimoto KODERA) and three of Yoshimura's close advisers (Noritaka KUSHIBASHI, 志水清実・衣笠朝親).
- Yoshimura had no choice but to persuade a small number of like-minded people and left the clan.
- Yoshimura left a transcription created in the ship which tells that the initiative for raising an army at the initial stage should not be taken by daimyo but by roshi.
- Yoshimura made a plan to raise an army for overthrowing the Shogunate in Yamato Province together with like-minded people including Keido MATSUMOTO and Tesski FUJIMOTO as a vanguard of the imperial visit to Yamato.
- Yoshimura make his way up the Tokai-do Road as one of the bakfu army's Daisho (Major Captain), and returned to the capital after defeating the kyogata (supporters of the Imperial court in Kyoto).
- Yoshimura promised Yoshimori to work together and he even wrote a Kishomon (sworn oath).
- Yoshimura prostrated himself before her and vowed his loyalty to Yasutoki.
- Yoshimura school
- Yoshimura school (of dance)
- Yoshimura school originates from gotenmai (a kind of traditional Japanese dance) which kyogen performer, who served Kyoto Imperial Palace in Kyoto during the late Edo period, started.
- Yoshimura school refers to Kamigata mai (dance from the pleasure quarters of Osaka and Kyoto, and are very reserved and refined) originated by Fuji YOSHIMURA during the early Meiji period.
- Yoshimura was assassinated in 1521 by an assassin sent by Muramune.
- Yoshimura was imprisoned for three months in Tosa.
- Yoshimura went down to Choshu, together with roshi including Keido MATSUMOTO and Kurata IKE and had an audience with Yoshichika MORI, who was the lord, and Sadahiro MORI, who was the heir, and tried to persuade them to go to Kyoto.
- Yoshimura's influence waned as a result of these repeated defeats whereas, Muramune's power grew.
- Yoshimura, together with Gizo MIYAJI, counted on Genzui KUSAKA of Choshu and entered Osaka City by sea and joined Seiichiro HONMA, who was a royalist from Echigo Province, in the residence of Choshu Domain.
- Yoshimura, who was struggling during the attack of the impregnable Mitsuishi-jo due to the tight defence, withdrew his troops when he saw the rear guard led by Motomichi.
- Yoshimura, whose wound was worsened and had difficulties in walking, fell behind the group and was transported by palanquin, but was found by warriors of the Tsu clan on 27 and shot to death.
- Yoshimurashuzo Co., Ltd., which is said to be a descendent of Yoshimura family--a cultivator of the Fushimi-jo Castle site--moved its headquarters to Shin-onsen-cho, Hyogo Prefecture in 2000.
- Yoshin SAKURAI
- Yoshin-ryu school of naginata jutsu (art of halberd)
- Yoshinaga (Shungaku) MATSUDAIRA, the former lord of the Echizen Domain, was appointed the newly created position of Seiji sosai (chief administrative officer).
- Yoshinaga ASANO
- Yoshinaga ASANO (deported, but later returned)
- Yoshinaga ASANO (lord of Kofu-jo Castle in Kai Province)
- Yoshinaga ASANO was a busho (Japanese military commander) in the Sengoku period and a daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) in the Azuchi-Momoyama period and the Edo period.
- Yoshinaga ASANO was born as the eldest son of Nagamasa ASANO in 1576, in Kodani, Asai-gun, Omi Province (Kohoku-cho, Shiga Prefecture).
- Yoshinaga Domain
- Yoshinaga HIGASHIBOJO
- Yoshinaga HIGASHIBOJO (June 26, 1869 - August 8, 1922) was a member of the Japanese peerage.
- Yoshinaga IWASHIMIZU was killed in battle in the Kosuiji-jo Castle.
- Yoshinaga MATSUDAIRA agreed with Yodo.
- Yoshinaga MATSUDAIRA: juichii, (Junior First Court Rank) the First Order of Merit, Okura-kyo (Minister of the Treasury)
- Yoshinaga OUCHI
- Yoshinaga OUCHI was Sengoku daimyo (Japanese territorial lord in the Sengoku period) in the provinces of Suo and Nagato.
- Yoshinaga OUCHI, who had lost decent fighting capability, fled into Katsuyama-jo Castle in Nagato Province which was protected by Takayo NAITO.
- Yoshinaga TOZENJI charged the opponent's headquarters and died there.
- Yoshinaga became one of the Gobugyo (five major magistrates) in the Toyotomi government.
- Yoshinaga defended well with mercenaries, but in the end he gave up Konomine-jo Castle and fled to the Nagato Katsuyama-jo Castle of his chief vassal Takayo NAITO.
- Yoshinaga was a brave general with a history of military prowess, and it is said that territorial lords acknowledged his prowess.
- Yoshinaga was a son of Tadanaga HIGASHIBOJO, who was Daigaku no kami (Director of the Bureau of Education).
- Yoshinaga was also the grandfather of IRIE's eldest daughter, Wakaba IRIE (born Wakaba TAMURA, fathered by Michiyoshi TAMURA a former actor), who became known appearing in movies produced by the Toei Movie Studios and later in work by Nobuhiko OBAYASHI..
- Yoshinaga's cause of death was renal ischemia (social diseases), which was the same as the cause of death of Kiyomasa.
- Yoshinaga, together with Yoshinobu, conducted the reformation of shogunate administration in the Bunkyu era(1861 - 1864).
- Yoshinaka KIRA
- Yoshinaka KIRA (from koke, Kira Kozuke no Suke)
- Yoshinaka KISO ruined in 1184 and his father and brother Yukihiro who accompanied Yoshinaka died in battle.
- Yoshinaka KISO, who advanced into the central area and Kyoto, took the position called 'Seii Taishogun,' which had previously existed.
- Yoshinaka MINAMOTO said of Kaneyasu as follows:
- Yoshinaka Shitenno
- Yoshinaka attempted to escape to Hokuriku-do (northern prefectures), but was attacked by Noriyori's enormous army.
- Yoshinaka brought the war with the Taira clan to an end and returned to Kyoto with a small number of troops on December 8.
- Yoshinaka chased the fleeing army of the Taira clan, and the Hokuriku-subjugating army was annihilated in the Battle of Shinohara.
- Yoshinaka defeated the Taira and entered Kyoto before Yoritomo.
- Yoshinaka demanded the issuance of an imperial decree or Migyosho (a document for informing people of the decision of Third Rank or upper people) to hunt down and kill MINAMOTO no Yorimoto ("Gyokuyo," entry of December 14), but in no way would Goshirakawa acknowledge the demand.
- Yoshinaka died in battle in Awazu, Omi.
- Yoshinaka entered the capital on the 28th, the following day, and went to see Monk-Emperor Go-Shirakawa at his palace together with Yukiie; they were ordered to search and destroy the Heishi clan.
- Yoshinaka fought a fierce battle with Yoshitsune's troops.
- Yoshinaka fought bravely, but was finally defeated, and headed to the imperial palace to escape to Kyushu with the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa.
- Yoshinaka gave Kanehira IMAI, one of the big four of Yoshinaka, about 500 samurai to guard Seta (Shiga Prefecture), about 300 samurai to Yukichika NENOI and Chikatada TATE to guard Uji City, and Yoshinaka himself guarded the imperial palace with about 100 samurai.
- Yoshinaka had to achieve military results to restore the confidence he had lost and to secure provisions.
- Yoshinaka has a suspicion that the Cloistered Emperor will join hands with Yoritomo to kill him.
- Yoshinaka held up the head of Myoun and said 'He was nothing.' before throwing it into Nishi no Toin-gawa River.
- Yoshinaka himself also died in the battle at Awazu in Omi Province (Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture) on January 20th (Battle of Uji-gawa River).
- Yoshinaka is in the capital now ("Gyokuyo," entry of November 6).
- Yoshinaka joined the battle of Yokotagawara on July 1181, based on Yoda, Maruko Town, Saku County after moving from Kiso to Joshu.
- Yoshinaka led a large army into Kyoto in August (July under the old lunar calendar), as the Taira clan and Emperor Antoku fled from the capital, and Emperor Goshirakawa summoned Yoshinaka to give an order to search for and kill the Taira clan including TAIRA no Munemori.
- Yoshinaka lost in the battle of Uji-gawa River in January 1184 and was killed in Awazu, Omi Province.
- Yoshinaka ordered a Palace built in Miyazaki of the Etchu Province and allowed Hokurokunomiya to leave the priesthood and have a coming-of-age ceremony at the same time.
- Yoshinaka raised his army to "search out and destroy Heishi" (of the Taira clan) by the order of Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa but he was greatly defeated in Bicchu Province (the Battle of Mizushima).
- Yoshinaka said, 'Being dutiful to the late Sanjo no miya, I find it extremely regrettable,' expressing his displeasure ("Gyokuyo," entry of September 15), but Emperor Gotoba ascended to the throne on September 15.
- Yoshinaka suggested Emperor Goshirakawa, through his close friend, a high-ranking Buddhist priest Shungyo, for Hokurokunomiya to succeed the throne, but this suggestion was totally ignored by the Cloistered Emperor.
- Yoshinaka tried to let Tomoe run away by telling her, 'Since you are a woman, run away anywhere you can. I have made my mind to fight and die. It is not good that I have a woman by my side to the last.'
- Yoshinaka was not in the capital at that moment because he had gone to Harima since the beginning of October to search for and kill Taira clan on the run towards Saigoku.
- Yoshinaka was ready to fight a decisive battle against Yoritomo's army, but on December 29, Genji warlords under Yukiie, except for Yoshinaka, started to guard In no gosho.
- Yoshinaka wished to enthrone Hokuriku no miya (first son of Prince Mochihito) whom he had served, and asked Shungyo to mediate with Emperor Goshirakawa.
- Yoshinaka's army fled and went back to Kyoto on intercalary October 15th.
- Yoshinaka's birthplace is said to be present-day Ranzan-machi, Hiki-gun, Saitama Prefecture.
- Yoshinaka's enemy was no longer the Taira clan and it was Yoritomo now.
- Yoshinaka's enormously energetic activities in this situation could have created the potential for the collapse of the Yoritomo government, according to Yasuo MOTOKI.
- Yoshinaka's forces held Hokurokunomiya as their leader and progressed towards Kyoto and defeated the Kyoto protection line of the Taira clan with attacks from all directions by MINAMOTO no Yukiie, Yukitsuna TADA (MINAMOTO no Yukitsuna)and Yoshisada YASUDA (MIMAMOTO no Yoshisada).
- Yoshinaka's grave is in Asahizan Gichu-ji Temple (Baba, Otsu City, Gifu Prefecture), set up in Muromachi Period near where he died.
- Yoshinaka's head mound is in Hokan-ji Temple in Higashiyama Ward in Kyoto City.
- Yoshinaka's older brother MINAMOTO no Nakaie also fled becoming the adoptive son of MINAMOTO no Yorimasa.
- Yoshinaka's older brother MINAMOTO no Nakaie was adopted by MINAMOTO no Yorimasa of the Settsu Genji clan and held the position of Hachijo Kurodo; he joined the army of Prince Mochihito in May and died in Uji together with Yorimasa.
- Yoshinaka's return to the capital
- Yoshinaka's soldiers were exultant.
- Yoshinaka's troops brought violence and riots to Kyoto, and with time, he was in conflict with Emperor Goshirakawa over succession to the imperial throne.
- Yoshinaka's troops fought bravely, but were killed one after another, and when down to the last few, Yoshinaka was killed by an arrow striking deep into his face.
- Yoshinaka's troops, that numbered several tens of thousands of samurai warriors when they went into Kyoto, had decreased dramatically down to about one thousand, because of the stream of dropouts due to the defeat at the Battle of Mizushima and the deteriorated situation.
- Yoshinaka's younger sister, Miyagikuhime, was in Kyoto as an adopted daughter of Masako HOJO; on May 1st, 1185, she was summoned to Kamakura by Yoritomo concerning the issue of misappropriation of a territory that used her name.
- Yoshinaka, Yoshitaka's father, raised his army in 1183, taking Hokuriku no miya who was a bereaved child of Prince Mochihito as the master, and expanded his influence mainly in Shinano Province, which posed a conflict against MINAMOTO no Yoritomo who also belonged to the Minamoto clan.
- Yoshinaka, afraid of Yoritomo's menace, tried to get the Monk-Emperor's decree to search and destroy Yoritomo and also tried to go to the North with the Monk-Emperor in response to the Heishi clan's regaining strength, but all requests were rejected.
- Yoshinaka, however, failed in his attempt to govern Kyoto, battled and was defeated by the Taira clan, and clashed with the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa.
- Yoshinaka, placed between the Taira family and Yoritomo, attacked In and took the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa into custody to gain the imperial decree to search for and kill MINAMOTO no Yoritomo.
- Yoshinaka, together with Yukiie and Yoshihiro, continued to win the battle against the Taira clan.
- Yoshinaka, who became increasingly isolated, attempted to make peace with the Taira family, but was rejected.
- Yoshinaka, who temporarily gained the dictatorship due to this coup approached Motofusa of the Matsudono family who had been on the outside under Goshirakawa-insei (the government by the Retired Emperor Goshirakawa).
- Yoshinao HATA (秦經尚)
- Yoshinao ISSHIKI
- Yoshinao ISSHIKI (1431 - Date of his death not known) was a shugodaimyo (warlord stemmed from a regional governor) who lived in the Muromachi period.
- Yoshinao ISSHIKI (Satte-Isshiki clan)
- Yoshinao ISSHIKI (year of birth unknown-November 22, 1643) was a kotaiyoriai (alternate yoriai, a family status of samurai warriors) and a hatamoto (direct retainer of the bakufu, which is a form of Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) of the Edo period.
- Yoshinao ISSHIKI and Shigeyori TOKI were on his side and furthermore, when Masahiro OUCHI was pardoned on the advice of Sadachika in the same year, Katsumoto Hosokawa, who was against OUCHI's pardoning, stood up for Yoshikado, opposing Sadachika.
- Yoshinao ISSHIKI: Tango Province and half of Ise Province
- Yoshinao KAMINOYAMA was not a son of Yoshiaki MOGAMI, but of Yoshimori, and he was a different person from Mitsuhiro MOGAMI (the fifth son of Yoshiaki) though he was considered the same person as Mitsuhiro.
- Yoshinao KOZAI
- Yoshinao KOZAI (January 28, 1864 - June 18, 1934) was a Japanese agricultural chemist.
- Yoshinao ODA
- Yoshinao OTOMO: an ancestor of the Otomo clan
- Yoshinao SATAKE
- Yoshinao SATAKE (1612 - May 31, 1656) was a person in the Edo period.
- Yoshinao TOKUGAWA, who was of the Owari-Tokugawa family
- Yoshinao and Yoshishige WADA, whose father Yoshimori WADA served as Samurai-dokoro betto (the superior of the Board of Retainers), were among them.
- Yoshinao departed Edo on March 23 and arrived in Akita on April 2.
- Yoshinao had the privilege to have an audience with Shogun Hidetada TOKUGAWA the same year, on November 14, 1621.
- Yoshinao was born as the fifth son of Yoshishige SATAKE after his father's death in 1612.
- Yoshinari AICHI
- Yoshinari AICHI (MINAMOTO no Yoshinari: date of birth and death unknown) was a busho (Japanese military commander), who lived from the later Heian Period to the early Kamakura Period.