Kitabatake
The Kitabatake were a court family of the Murakami Genji, later lords of southern Ise. In 1337 Chikafusa advised the Southern Court, while his son Akiie marched south from Mutsu, taking Kamakura before falling in Izumi in 1338.
Chikafusa’s son Akiyoshi became governor of Ise, and his descendants ruled from Taki. Mitsumasa rose against the shogunate and died in 1429. In 1569 Oda Nobunaga besieged Ōkawachi and forced the family to adopt his son Nobukatsu. Tomonori was assassinated in 1576, and the Oda absorbed the house.
Characters
- Kitabatake Akiie
- Kitabatake Akinari
- Kitabatake Akinobu
- Kitabatake Akiyoshi
- Kitabatake Chikafusa
- Kitabatake Masaie
- Kitabatake Morochika
- Kitabatake Moroshige