Kawanobe Sukeshige

Kawanobe Sukeshige was head of the Kawanobe, a Fujiwara-descent warrior clan of Hitachi Province. In 1335 he and his son Jiro rose for Emperor Go-Daigo's Southern Court, defeated Hitachi governor Satake Sadayoshi at Mikanohara, and marched on Kyoto with Kitabatake Akiie; Go-Daigo granted the clan the chrysanthemum badge.

In 1336 he fought around Urizura Castle under Kusunoki Masaie. There Kimura Yoshimasa defeated him at Dokushōhō, and most of the clan perished.