Three generations of the Kikuchi family

…However, due to the change of heart of Shoni Sadatsune and Otomo Sadamune, Taketoki was defeated and killed. After Taketoki's death, his sons Takeshige and Takemitsu succeeded the Kikuchi clan, and together they were known as the "Three Generations of the Kikuchi Clan" and played a central role in the Southern Court's power in Kyushu. [Yamaguchi Junsho]…

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Three Generations of the Kikuchi Clan" is listed below.

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…しかし，少弐貞経，大友貞宗らの変心によって，武時はそこに敗死した。武時の死後も菊池氏は，その子息武重･武光が継ぎ，合わせていわゆる“菊池氏三代”と称せられ，九州における南朝方勢力の中心的存在であった。【山口 隼正】。…

※「菊池氏三代」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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