(otherwise known as Kōno Michiari) was a mid-Kamakura period warrior from Ishii-gō, Kume District, Iyo Province (present-day Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture). He was a gokenin of the Kamakura shogunate, head of the Kōno clan, and a naval commander of the Iyo suigun who distinguished himself during the Mongol invasions of Japan.Stephen Turnbull (19 February 2013). The Mongol Invasions of Japan 1274 and 1281. Osprey Publishing. p. 62. . Retrieved 16 April 2013.
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