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[[File:Shoni-graves.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The graves of Shôni Sukeyoshi and his father [[Muto Sukeyori|Mutô Sukeyori]], in [[Dazaifu]]]]
*''Birth: [[1198]]''
*''Death: [[1281]]/8/28''
*''Other Names'': [[武藤]]資能 ''(Mutou Sukeyoshi)''
*''Japanese'': [[少弐]]資能 ''(Shouni Sukeyoshi)''

Shôni Sukeyoshi was the son of [[Muto Sukeyori|Mutô Sukeyori]], and served as [[Dazaifu shoni|Dazaifu shôni]], and as ''[[shugo]]'' of [[Chikuzen province|Chikuzen]], [[Buzen province|Buzen]], [[Hizen province|Hizen]], [[Tsushima province|Tsushima]], and [[Iki province]]s.

After he was appointed ''Dazaifu shôni'', Sukeyoshi took the name Shôni as his family name. As the chief of the [[Kamakura shogunate]]'s [[Dazaifu]] office, he played a role in receiving Mongol envoys, and in organizing the defense against the [[1274]] [[Mongol invasions]], alongside [[Otomo Yoriyasu|Ôtomo Yoriyasu]]. He received a fatal wound, however, during the [[1281]] Mongol invasions, and was buried in Dazaifu alongside his father.

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==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B0%91%E5%BC%90%E8%B3%87%E8%83%BD Shôni Sukeyoshi]," ''Asahi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten'' 朝日日本歴史人物事典, Asahi Shimbun-sha.

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