Kitabatake Akiyoshi


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