Momonoi Tadatsune

Momonoi Tadatsune was a Northern Court general of the Nanboku-chō wars. In 1338 he fought at Aonogahara and with his brother Tadanobu blocked Kitabatake Akiie from entering Kyoto at Hannyazaka. He became shugo of Wakasa, Iga and then Etchū in 1344.

In the Kannō Disturbance he sided with Ashikaga Tadayoshi, and in 1355 backed Ashikaga Tadafuyu and briefly occupied Kyoto. He submitted in 1367 but rebelled, routed at Nagasawa in 1370 where his son Tadakazu fell, and disappeared in 1371.