Kitabatake Tomofusa

Japanese: 北畠具房 - きたばたけともふさ

…His posthumous name was Jōshin. He was adopted by the governor of Ise Province, Kitabatake Tomofusa, and changed his name to Tomooyo, then to Nobuyoshi, and finally to Nobukatsu. After the Honnoji Incident, he ruled over Owari, Iga, and southern Ise, with Kiyosu Castle at the center. …

From the Kitabatake clan

...Aristocrats in the Kamakura and Muromachi periods. One of the three kokushi families. Murakami Genji. Minamoto Michichika's grandson Nakano Masaie was called the Kitabatake clan, and during the time of his great-grandson Chikafusa, he was trusted by Emperor Go-Daigo and played an important role in the Southern Court. Furthermore, his third son Akiyoshi was appointed governor of Ise for the first time in the seventh intercalary month of 1338 (Egen 3 | Ryakuo 1), and thereafter based himself in Taki Castle in Ichishi County, which became his base until the very end of the Warring States period. The second Akinobu was Akiyoshi's older brother. He is not mentioned in Saito Setsudo's Ise Kokushikiryaku, the basic document on Ise kokushi, but surviving historical documents confirm his tenure. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kitabatake Tomofusa" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…法名常真。伊勢国司北畠具房の養子となり名を具豊，さらに信意，信雄と改めた。本能寺の変後，清須城を中心に尾張，伊賀，南伊勢を領した。…

【北畠氏】より

…鎌倉･室町時代の公家。三国司家の一つ。村上源氏。源通親の孫中院雅家が北畠氏を称し，その曾孫親房のとき，後醍醐天皇の信任をうけ，南朝の重鎮として活躍。さらにその三男顕能は1338年(延元3∥暦応1)閏7月初めて伊勢国司に就任し，以後戦国最末年に至るまでその拠城となった一志郡多気城に拠った。2代顕信は顕能の兄にあたる。彼は伊勢国司に関する基本文献，斎藤拙堂の《伊勢国司記略》には触れられていないが，残存史料から見てその在職は確実である。…

※「北畠具房」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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