Minami

The Minami were a branch of the Kō family who held Maruki in Shimotsuke Province and served the Ashikaga. In 1335 Minami Munetsugu followed Ashikaga Takauji east during the Nakasendai Rebellion.

Munetsugu later served the Muromachi shogunate as governor of Mikawa and Bitchū. During the Kannō Disturbance he sided with Takauji and Kō no Moronao against Ashikaga Tadayoshi. In 1351 he was sent to Bitchū to stop the advance of Tadayoshi’s adopted son Tadafuyu.