Kikuchi Takemitsu
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Kikuchi Takemitsu (菊池 武光, 1319 – 1373) was a Japanese samurai lord in the Nanboku-chō period. He was the 15th head of the Kikuchi clan.
Biography
Takemitsu was the 9th son of Kikuchi Taketoki, and fought on the side of Emperor Go-Daigo as his father had done, a strong and dependable ally to Prince Kaneyoshi, the son of Emperor Go-Daigo, in the struggle against the Kamakura shogunate.
His most famed battle is the Battle of Chikugogawa, fought on the banks of the Chikugo River in Kyūshū, in which he was victorious.[1]
References
Media related to Kikuchi Takemitsu at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1334-1615. Stanford University Press. p. 110. ISBN 0804705259.
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