Kitabatake Tomonori

A military commander in the Sengoku period. Governor of Ise. The eldest son of Harutomo. His mother was the daughter of Hosokawa Takakuni. In 1537 (Tenbun 6), he became a Junior Fifth Rank and Chamberlain, and was promoted to Gon Chunagon and Shosanmi, but resigned in 1563 (Eiroku 6) due to the death of his father. In 1558 (Eiroku 1), he fought against Nagano Fujisada, and after a peace agreement, he made his second son Tomofuji his heir. During the Eiroku years (1558-69), he advanced into northern Ise, destroying the Akahori clan. However, in 69, his younger brother, Kozukuri Tomomasa, recruited Oda Nobunaga, so he barricaded himself in Okawachi Castle (Okawachi-cho, Matsusaka City, Mie Prefecture) and fought, but they made peace and Nobunaga's second son, Chasenmaru (Tomotoyo, later changed to Nobukatsu), became the heir to his legitimate son, Tomofusa, and gave him the name Tomofusa. In 70 (Genki 1), he became a monk and took the name Tenkaku or Fuchisai. In 75 (Tensho 3), he handed over the family headship to Tomotoyo and moved to Mise-yakata (Odai-cho, Taki-gun, Mie Prefecture), but there were rumors that he had been in league with Takeda Shingen and encouraged an uprising by the Kumano forces, and on November 25, 1572, he was attacked by his former retainers by order of Nobunaga and killed along with his family, thus destroying the Kitabatake clan. He was said to have been skilled in waka poetry and learned military tactics from Tsukahara Bokuden.

[Haruo Ishida]

Genichi Onishi, "Study on the Kitabatake Clan" (1960, Rokuto Bunko) ▽ "Abridgement of the Ise Province Governors" (1976, Mie Prefecture Local History Publication Association)

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戦国時代の武将。伊勢(いせ)国司。晴具(はるとも)の長男。母は細川高国(たかくに)の娘。1537年（天文6）に従(じゅ)五位下・侍従となり、以後権中納言(ごんちゅうなごん)・正三位(しょうさんみ)に累進したが、63年（永禄6）に父の喪により辞職。58年（永禄1）に長野藤定(ふじさだ)と戦い、和議により二男具藤(ともふじ)をその嗣子(しし)とさせ、永禄(えいろく)年中（1558～69）には赤堀氏を滅ぼすなど北伊勢に進出した。しかし、69年に弟の木造具政(こづくりともまさ)が織田信長を引き入れたため、大河内(おおかわち)城（三重県松阪市大河内町）に立てこもって戦ったが、和睦(わぼく)し、信長の二男茶筅丸(ちゃせんまる)（具豊(ともとよ)のち信雄と改める）を嫡子具房(ともふさ)の嗣子とすることになり、具豊と名のらせた。70年（元亀1）出家、天覚または不智斎(ふちさい)と号した。75年（天正3）に家督を具豊に譲り、三瀬(みせ)館（三重県多気(たき)郡大台町）に移ったが、武田信玄(しんげん)と通じたり、熊野勢の蜂起(ほうき)を進めたとの風聞もあり、天正(てんしょう)4年11月25日、信長の命で旧臣らが襲い、一族とともに殺され、北畠氏は滅んだ。和歌をよくし兵法を塚原卜伝(ぼくでん)に学んだという。

［石田晴男］

『大西源一著『北畠氏の研究』（1960・鹿東文庫）』▽『『伊勢国司略記』（1976・三重県郷土資料刊行会）』

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