Nawa Nagatoshi
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| name = Nawa Nagatoshi
| image = 伝名和長年像.jpg
| birth_date = Unknown
| death_date = August 7, 1336
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Nawa Nagatoshi (名和長年) (died August 7, 1336) was a Kamakura Period military figure who defended the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō period.
Nawa was appointed Governor of Hoki Province as a reward for his support of Go-Daigo during the Genko War.{{Cite book |last=Sansom |first=George |title=A History of Japan, 1334-1615 |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1961 |ISBN=0804705259 |page=27,34}}
After the Battle of Minatogawa and the entry of Takauji into Kyoto, Loyalists forces continued to oppose him. In particular, Nawa led a force against the Toji temple, where Takauiji had installed the future Emperor Komyo. However, Nawa's attack was stopped and Nawa killed.{{rp|54–55}}
He is enshrined at Nawa Shrine in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture.
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- [http://tikugo.com/nawa/ Nawa family military history]
- [http://www.emuseum.jp/detail/100281/000/000?mode=detail&d_lang=en&s_lang=en&class=&title=&c_e=®ion=&era=¢ury=&cptype=&owner=&pos=137&num=5 Portrait] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827155955/http://www.emuseum.jp/detail/100281/000/000?mode=detail&d_lang=en&s_lang=en&class=&title=&c_e=®ion=&era=¢ury=&cptype=&owner=&pos=137&num=5 |date=2014-08-27 }} from Tokyo National Museum
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Category:People of Kamakura-period Japan
Category:Year of birth unknown
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