Hatakeyama Tadamune

Hatakeyama Tadamune was a warrior of the Mino branch of the Hatakeyama clan, son of Hatakeyama Munekuni and nephew of Hyūga shugo Hatakeyama Tadaaki. He became a close aide to Ashikaga Tadayoshi, receiving the character tada of his name from him.

In 1349 he and Uesugi Shigeyoshi secured the dismissal of Tadayoshi's rival Kō no Moronao, then plotted his murder; the plan leaked, Tadamune was exiled to Echizen, and that year Moronao's agents forced him to kill himself, the opening bloodshed of the Kannō Disturbance.