Hiraga Tomokane

Hiraga Tomokane was a warrior of the Hiraga clan of Aki Province. Around 1274, clansman Korenaga went from Dewa to Takaya in response to the Mongol invasion and built Misonou Castle there. After the shogunate fell in 1333, Tomokane, who held Takaya, fought under Ashikaga Takauji.

As illegitimate eldest son he contested the headship with his brother Naomune, the sōryō, but lost; Naomune took Takaya and made it the clan's permanent base, while the old Dewa lands in Hiraka slipped away.