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Kitabatake Chikafusa

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1293–1354 Also known as Akinori、Rokujō Tōji

Kitabatake Chikafusa (1293–1354), courtier, military commander and historian of Japan's Nanboku-chō period, close retainer of Emperor Go-Daigo and a …

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  1. 1351–1353Hitachi Province · Hitachi ProvinceIn the 1350s Kitabatake Chikafusa used Hitachi as his base, assisting the Southern Court of Emperor Go-Murakami, raising forces against the Northern Court and the Muromachi shogunate, and taking part in military and political coordination in Mutsu, Hitachi and elsewhere.
  2. 1354Oda Castle · Hitachi ProvinceIn his later years Chikafusa wrote the Jinno Shōtōki, arguing through history the legitimacy of the emperor and the Southern Court. He died at Oda Castle in Hitachi in 1354, depriving the Southern Court of an important pillar; his son Kitabatake Akinobu and others continued to assist the court.

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