Wachi no Sukesane

Wachi no Sukesane was a head of the Wachi clan, local warriors of Mitaki District in Bingo Province. The clan descended from Kanto gokenin of the Hirosawa family, installed as jitō of Wachi Manor after the founding of the Kamakura shogunate, and took its name from the manor.

During the Nanboku-chō period, Sukesane moved his seat to Kisa, after which the clan made Nantenzan Castle on Mount Nanten above the town its seat.