Kitabatake Akiyoshi

Kitabatake Akiyoshi

Kitabatake Akiyoshi (北畠顕能) (1326–1383) was a Kamakura Period military figure who defended the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō period.

The son of Kitabatake Chikafusa, he helped lead Loyalist forces in the capture of Kyoto in 1352.[1]

He is enshrined at Kitabatake Shrine in Tsu, Mie Prefecture.

Reference

  1. ↑ Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1334-1615. Stanford University Press. p. 88. ISBN 0804705259.
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