Sō Haruyasu

Sō Haruyasu
Sanuki no Kami ( Lord of Sanuki)
Portrait of Sō Haruyasu owned by Yogyokuin Temple
Reign1539–1552
BornTsushima Province
February 1475 (1475-02)
Died12 March 1563(1563-03-12) (aged 88)
Ashikaga shogunate
IssueSō Yoshishige
Dynasty Sō clan

Sō Haruyasu was a Shugo-Daimyo, later a Daima of the Sengoku Period, who ruled the Tsushima Province. He served as the sixteenth leader of the Sō Clan and was the son of Sō Moritoshi, his successor was his son Sō Yoshitsune. Additionally, Sō Haruyasu's nom de plume was Nishidono and his court title was Sanuki no Kami, or Governor of Sanuki.