Hatakeyama

The Hatakeyama were a samurai family whose name and lands passed to a branch of the Ashikaga after the original line was destroyed in 1205. Their support for the Ashikaga against the Southern Court brought them provincial governorships, including Kawachi and Noto, by the late fourteenth century.

In 1467 a succession dispute between Hatakeyama Masanaga and Yoshinari contributed to the outbreak of the Ōnin War. The family divided into rival branches; the Noto line lost its independence in the 1570s, while the Mutsu branch was largely destroyed by Date Masamune in 1586.