Minami Munetsugu

Minami Munetsugu was a commander and administrator of the late Kamakura and early Nanboku-cho periods, head of the Minami clan of Ashikaga in Shimotsuke Province. After the Nakasendai rebellion of 1335 he accompanied Ashikaga Takauji east and served the Muromachi bakufu as head of the Samurai-dokoro and as a provincial shugo.

During the Kanno Disturbance he fought for Takauji and Ko no Moronao against Ashikaga Tadayoshi, and after Moronao's murder in 1351 became one of Takauji's closest aides. He founded a temple in Ashikaga in 1357 and died in 1371.