sentences:  Prince Takanaga
  
  Appointed "Seitō Shōgun" (Commander-in-Chief of the Defense of the East) in November 1335, he was commissioned along with Nitta Yoshisada to destroy the Northern Court leaders Ashikaga Takauji and Ashikaga Tadayoshi.He fought a number of battles alongside Nitta and led his own force in besieging Kyoto in 1336.