Kudō Suketsugu

Kudō Suketsugu (1120–1162) was a warrior of the Kudō clan in Izu Province in the late Heian period. An adopted son of Kudō Suketaka, he was not meant to be heir, but after Itō Sukeie died young he received the Itō Manor and succeeded as family head.

Before dying he arranged for his son Suketsune to marry Mangō Gozen, daughter of Itō Sukechika, after coming of age, and Sukechika became the boy's guardian. After Suketsugu's death in 1162 Sukechika seized Suketsune's lands, opening the feud that ended with the Revenge of the Soga Brothers.