Kitabatake Akiyoshi
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Japanese military figure
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.
References
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- ^ Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1334-1615 . Stanford University Press. p. 88. ISBN 0804705259.