Background
Nobuyoshi no Fujiwara was born in 1190. He was the son of Yoshiyasu.
Nobuyoshi no Fujiwara was born in 1190. He was the son of Yoshiyasu.
He was appointed a Court Councillor in 1220. In 1221 when ex-Emperor Gotoba attempted to overthrow the Kamakura Shogunate of the Hojo family, he participated in the emperor’s secret plot against the Hojos although he was a relative of the Shogunate family. In the resultant war, he defended the Osaka region along the Yodo River but was defeated. While being taken to Kamakura, he was killed in Mino Province (Gifu Prefecture).