The Southern Court is also called the Yoshino Court and was the court belonging to Emperor Godaigo of the Daikaku-ji Temple line established in the period of Northern and Southern Courts and based in the Yoshino (present day Yoshino Town, Yoshino County, Nara Prefecture), Ano (present day Nishiyoshino Town, Gojo City, Nara Prefecture) in the province of Yamato, south of Kyoto, Sumiyoshi-angu (Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture) in the province of Settsu.
南朝（なんちょう）は、吉野朝廷（よしのちょうてい）とも称され、南北朝時代(日本)に京都以南の大和国の吉野（奈良県吉野郡吉野町）、賀名生（同県五條市西吉野町）、摂津国の住吉行宮（大阪府大阪市住吉区）を本拠とした大覚寺統の後醍醐天皇に属する朝廷。