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[[Image:Shoni_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Shôni kamon.]]

[[Image:Shoni_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Shôni kamon.]]

The Shôni of [[Hizen province]] were descended from [[Fujiwara Hidesato]], one of whose descendants received the title Dazai Shôni from [[Minamoto Yoritomo]] and settled at [[Dazaifu]] and took the name Shôni. The Shôni played a key role in the [[Mongol Invasions]] and later served under [[Ashikaga Takauji]] (after initially supporting [[Emperor Go-Daigo]]). They initially lost their domain in the Sengoku Period to the [[Ouchi clan|Ôuchi]] but managed to regain them with the help of the [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo]]. In [[1553]] their erstwhile vassal [[Ryuzoji Takanobu|Ryûzôji Takanobu]] rebelled and by [[1559]] they had been completely destroyed.

The Shôni of [[Hizen province]] were descended from [[Fujiwara Hidesato]], one of whose descendants received the title Dazai Shôni from [[Minamoto Yoritomo]] and settled at [[Dazaifu (city)|Dazaifu]] and took the name Shôni. The Shôni played a key role in the [[Mongol Invasions]] and later served under [[Ashikaga Takauji]] (after initially supporting [[Emperor Go-Daigo]]). They initially lost their domain in the Sengoku Period to the [[Ouchi clan|Ôuchi]] but managed to regain them with the help of the [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo]]. In [[1553]] their erstwhile vassal [[Ryuzoji Takanobu|Ryûzôji Takanobu]] rebelled and by [[1559]] they had been completely destroyed.

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