During the
Meiji period, an Imperial decree dated March 3, 1911 established that the legitimate reigning monarchs of this period were the direct descendants of
Emperor Go-Daigo through
Emperor Go-Murakami, whose Southern Court (南朝, nanchō) had been established in exile in
Yoshino, near Nara.[3]
Until the end of the
Edo period, the militarily superior pretender-Emperors supported by the
Ashikaga shogunate had been mistakenly incorporated in Imperial chronologies despite the undisputed fact that the
Imperial Regalia were not in their possession.[3]
1350 (Shōhei 5): Tadayoshi, excluded from administration, turns priest;[5] Tadayoshi's adopted son,
Ashikaga Tadafuyu is wrongly repudiated as a rebel.[7]
1351 (Shōhei 6): Tadayoshi joins Southern Court, southern army takes Kyoto; truce, Takauji returns to Kyoto; Tadayoshi and Takauji reconciled; Kō no Moronao and
Kō no Moroyasu are exiled.[5]
1350–1352 ((Shōhei 5–Shōhei 7): Armed conflict, variously known as the
Kannō disturbance or
Kannō incident (觀廣擾亂, Kannō Jōran) or Kannō no juran, developed from antagonism between Shōgun
Ashikaga Takauji and his brother,
Ashikaga Tadayoshi. Disagreement about the influence of
Kō no Moronao diminished after death of Moronao. Tadayoshi was ordered to relocate to Kamakura. The brothers eventually reconciled before Tadayoshi's death in 1352.[8]
1352 (Shōhei 7): The grandfather of the emperor is advanced from the rank of dainagon to nadaijin.[9]
1353 (Shōhei 8): Kyoto occupied by southern forces under
Yamana Tokiuji; and the capital was retaken by the Ashikaga.[5]
1356Shōhei 11):
Ashikaga Yoshinori is raised to the second rank of the third class in the court hierarchy.[11]
1357 (Shōhei 12): Emperor Go-Murakami, who had captured former-
Emperor Kōgon, former-
Emperor Kōmyō and former-
Emperor Sukō in 1352, released all three of them and permitted their return from Yoshino to Kyoto.[11]
During the
Meiji period, an Imperial decree dated March 3, 1911 established that the legitimate reigning monarchs of this period were the direct descendants of
Emperor Go-Daigo through
Emperor Go-Murakami, whose Southern Court (南朝, nanchō) had been established in exile in
Yoshino, near Nara.[3]
Until the end of the
Edo period, the militarily superior pretender-Emperors supported by the
Ashikaga shogunate had been mistakenly incorporated in Imperial chronologies despite the undisputed fact that the
Imperial Regalia were not in their possession.[3]
1350 (Shōhei 5): Tadayoshi, excluded from administration, turns priest;[5] Tadayoshi's adopted son,
Ashikaga Tadafuyu is wrongly repudiated as a rebel.[7]
1351 (Shōhei 6): Tadayoshi joins Southern Court, southern army takes Kyoto; truce, Takauji returns to Kyoto; Tadayoshi and Takauji reconciled; Kō no Moronao and
Kō no Moroyasu are exiled.[5]
1350–1352 ((Shōhei 5–Shōhei 7): Armed conflict, variously known as the
Kannō disturbance or
Kannō incident (觀廣擾亂, Kannō Jōran) or Kannō no juran, developed from antagonism between Shōgun
Ashikaga Takauji and his brother,
Ashikaga Tadayoshi. Disagreement about the influence of
Kō no Moronao diminished after death of Moronao. Tadayoshi was ordered to relocate to Kamakura. The brothers eventually reconciled before Tadayoshi's death in 1352.[8]
1352 (Shōhei 7): The grandfather of the emperor is advanced from the rank of dainagon to nadaijin.[9]
1353 (Shōhei 8): Kyoto occupied by southern forces under
Yamana Tokiuji; and the capital was retaken by the Ashikaga.[5]
1356Shōhei 11):
Ashikaga Yoshinori is raised to the second rank of the third class in the court hierarchy.[11]
1357 (Shōhei 12): Emperor Go-Murakami, who had captured former-
Emperor Kōgon, former-
Emperor Kōmyō and former-
Emperor Sukō in 1352, released all three of them and permitted their return from Yoshino to Kyoto.[11]