Kawano no Michinobu

Kawano no Michinobu (c. 1155–1223) was an Iyo Province warrior and commander of the Iyo naval forces, son of Michikiyo and grandfather of the preacher Ippen. After his father fell at Takanawayama in 1181, he harried the Taira from the Takanawa Peninsula, and in 1185 brought his warships to Minamoto no Yoshitsune and fought at Dannoura.

He became a Kamakura vassal, but in the Jōkyū War of 1221 backed the retired emperor Go-Toba; defeat brought exile to Mutsu, where he died in 1223.