Soga Kagehiro

Prince Soga Kagehiro (蘇我影広) was the last Shōgun of Ishikoku. Under Soga Kagehiro, public support of the shogunate system continue to wane and a constitutional reform movement was quickly growing in Ashikama with backing of the Toshinaka clan. With Soga's untimely death in 1846, factions aligned with the reforms, mostly located in northern Ishikoku attempted to push for change in Rannobe and put an end to feudalism. With Soga clan control in dispute, conservatives seeking to maintain the status quo aligned with Emperor Tōryoku while reformists formed a rival government in Ashikama. The power of the shogunate effectively shifted entirely to the Emperor but with his death in the following year, division in Ishikoku would reach its breaking point. Leaving no heirs to the throne, the Ashikama government solidified its regional control and formed the "northern government." Succession would pass to the Kiyomizu clan, a Sanjou clan of the Imperial Household, which would establish a "southern government" as the claimed direct successor to Ishikoku. The latter would soon become known as Nantou and the former as Kitajima, two independent Ishi nation-states.
Category:Ishi people