Yanagiwara Sukeakira[1] (柳原 資明, 1297－1353) was a Japanese nobleman (kugyō) of the late Kamakura and early Nanboku-chō period.
[2][3] When the shogun Ashikaga Takauji rebelled against the Kenmu Restoration, he supported Emperor Go-Daigo of the Southern Court.
[4] His elder brother Hino Suketomo was one of the masterminds of Emperor Go-Daigo's plan to overthrow the Ashikaga shogunate.
[3] Sukeakira died in 1353 (2nd year of Bunna, 7th month, 27th day) at the age of 57.
After the Meiji Restoration, the family was appointed to the kazoku (hereditary peerage) with the title of Count.