Kotō Takemitsu

Kotō Takemitsu was the seventh head of the Kotō, a Nagato warrior clan of Asa District, and its leader in the Genpei War. Before the war he held the posts of shugo and police chief.

He first fought for the Taira at Ichinotani in 1184, but switched to the Minamoto as the Taira collapsed, and at Dannoura in 1185 furnished boatmen from Kushizaki for their fleet. He took Buddhist orders as Nensai and built Shimofuri Castle at Tanoi.