Taketomo Kikuchi

Japanese: 菊池武朝 - きくち・たけとも

Year of death: March 18, 1407 (April 25, 1407)
Year of birth: Sadaharu 2/Shohei 18 (1363)
A military commander and shugo daimyo during the Nanboku-cho and Muromachi periods. Son of Takemasa and grandson of Takemitsu. Childhood name Kashimaru, initial name Takeoki. Based in Kumafu, Higo (Kikuchi City, Kumamoto Prefecture). After the fall of Dazaifu, while facing Kyushu Tandai Imagawa Ryoshun at Takarayama in Chikugo, his grandfather and father died, and he succeeded to the family headship at the age of 12 or 13. In 1374, he was defeated by the Imagawa at the Battle of Fukudohara in Chikugo and withdrew his troops. He fought against Ryoshun in Higo province until 1391. In 1375, he took advantage of the confusion within the Imagawa camp at Mizushima, but was defeated at the Battle of Ninauchi in Hizen in 1376. Although he won the Battle of Wakumahara in Higo the following year, his castles were soon surrounded and fell in 1381. After that, he fought in the southern part of Higo with Prince Yoshinari, the Shogun for the Western Expedition, as the leader. During this time, the "Kikuchi Takecho Shinsho" (Kikuchi Statement), which is said to have been presented to the Imperial Court in Yoshino, is famous for describing the successive generations of the Kikuchi clan and his own military achievements. After the unification of the Northern and Southern Courts, he regained his original territory in line with Ryoshun's Kyushu management policy, and in the vacuum following his dismissal from his position as Tandai, he gained the position of Shugo Daimyo of the entire Higo province. <References> "Aso Documents"

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没年：応永14.3.18(1407.4.25)
生年：貞治2/正平18(1363)
南北朝・室町時代の武将,守護大名。武政の子,武光の孫。幼名賀々丸,初名武興。本拠は肥後隈府(熊本県菊池市)。大宰府陥落後,筑後高良山で九州探題今川了俊と対陣中に祖父と父の死去にあい,12,3歳で家督を継ぐ。応安7/文中3(1374)年筑後福童原合戦で今川方に敗れ撤兵。明徳2/元中8(1391)年まで肥後国内で了俊と戦う。永和1/天授1(1375)年の水島陣では今川陣内部の混乱に乗じて勝利したが,永和3/天授3年の肥前蜷打の合戦で敗北。翌年の肥後詫麻原合戦では勝利したものの,まもなく諸城は包囲され,永徳1/弘和1(1381)年落城した。その後は,肥後南部で征西将軍良成親王を奉じて抗戦。この間吉野の朝廷に呈上したといわれる「菊池武朝申状」は,菊池歴代と自らの軍功について述べ著名。南北朝合一後は,了俊の九州経営政策に沿って本領を回復し,その探題解任後の空白のなか,肥後一国の守護大名の地位を獲得した。<参考文献>『阿蘇文書』

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