Hiraga Naomune

Hiraga Naomune was a warrior of the Hiraga clan and its sōryō, the head of the main family line. Around 1274 a clansman went from Dewa to Takaya in Aki Province after the Mongol invasion; Naomune's illegitimate elder brother Tomokane later held Takaya and served Ashikaga Takauji when the Kamakura shogunate fell in 1333.

The brothers then fought over the succession; Naomune won, took up residence at Takaya and ruled the district himself. Under him Takaya became the Hiraga clan's permanent base, while its ancestral lands in Dewa were gradually lost.