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Kitabatake Akiyoshi

Type Figure Region Japan Time c. 1326–1383 Also known as Kitabatake Michichika

A Southern Court military commander and Ise shugoku of Japan's Nanboku-chō period, born c. 1326 and died 1383.…

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  1. 1371–1375Taki, Ise Province · Southern CourtRaised to Junior First Rank and Right Minister in 1372, continuing to hold the eastern wing of the Yoshino court as Ise shugoku. In the 1370s he maintained military pressure on Northern Court warrior forces in the directions of Ise, Kita-Ise and Iga, serving as one of the Southern Court's last bulwarks in the eastern Kinai.
  2. 1376–1380Ise Province · Southern CourtIn 1376 he ceded the Ise shugoku post to his heir Kitabatake Akiyasu and retired, though he remained a senior Southern Court minister. In the early 1380s the Ise Kitabatake house was effectively run by Akiyasu, and Akiyoshi died around 1383.

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