Imagawa Sadayo

Imagawa Sadayo
Picture of Imagawa Sadayo by Kikuchi Yosai
Native name
今川貞世
Other nameImagawa Ryōshun
Born1326
Died(1420-10-05)October 5, 1420
Buried
Kaizō Temple Shizuoka Prefecture Shizuoka City Kaizou
AllegianceAshikaga Takauji Ashikaga Yoshiakira Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
Moromachi ShogunateGovernor, Headman Samurai-dokoro, Constable
In this Japanese name, the surname is Imagawa.

Imagawa Sadayo (今川 貞世; 1326 – 1420), also known as Imagawa Ryōshun (今川 了俊), was a renowned Japanese poet and military commander who served as tandai ("constable") of Kyūshū under the Ashikaga bakufu from 1371 to 1395. His father, Imagawa Norikuni, had been a supporter of the first Ashikaga shōgun, Ashikaga Takauji, and for his services had been granted the position of constable of Suruga Province (modern-day Shizuoka Prefecture). This promotion increased the prestige of the Imagawa family (a warrior family dating from the Muromachi period, which was related by blood to the Ashikaga shoguns) considerably, and they remained an important family through to the Edo period.

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