Kimotsuki Kaneshige

Japanese: 肝付兼重 - きもつき・かねしげ

Year of birth: Year of birth and death unknown. Military commander during the Northern and Southern Courts period. Local lord of Kimotsuki County, Osumi (Kagoshima Prefecture). Commonly known as Hachiro. Also known as the Mimata clan. In November 1335 (Kenmu 2), when Ashikaga brothers Takauji and Tadayoshi rebelled against the Kenmu government in Kamakura, he allied with the Ito and Kikuchi clans in southern Kyushu and raised an army against Takauji. At the time, his base was in Hyuga-Mimata (Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture). The following year, he fought against Hatakeyama Naoaki of the northern army at the border of Hyuga in Osumi, and fought at various castles such as Takarabe and Owada, but in August 1339 (Ryakuo 2/Engen 4), Taka Castle was captured by a fierce attack by Hatakeyama's army, and he returned to his base in Kasano in Osumi to try to rise again, but died of illness before succeeding.

(Akira Imaya)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
南北朝時代の武将。大隅(鹿児島県)肝属郡の国人。通称八郎。三俣氏ともいう。建武2(1335)年11月,足利尊氏・直義兄弟が鎌倉で建武政府に背くと,南九州にあって伊東,菊池の諸氏らと連合して反尊氏方として挙兵した。当時本拠は日向三股(宮崎県都城市)にあった。翌年から大隅日向境で北軍の畠山直顕と戦い,財部,大和田などの諸城に転戦したが,暦応2/延元4(1339)年8月,畠山軍の猛攻によって高城を攻め落とされ,大隅の本拠笠野に戻って再挙を図るも果たさず病死した。

(今谷明)

出典　朝日日本歴史人物事典：（株）朝日新聞出版朝日日本歴史人物事典について　情報

<<: Kimotsuki Kanetoshi

>>: Liver soup - Kimosui