was a Japanese
court noble, and an important supporter of the
Southern Court
The were a set of four emperors (Emperor Go-Daigo and his line) whose claims to sovereignty during the Nanboku-chō period spanning from 1336 through 1392 were usurped by the Northern Court. This period ended with the Southern Court definitively ...
during the
Nanboku-chō Wars. His father was
Kitabatake Akinobu
(1320 – 1380) was a Japanese court noble, and an important supporter of the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō Wars. His father was imperial advisor Kitabatake Chikafusa. His daughter became empress of Emperor Go-Kameyama.
His ''kami'' ...
.
His
kami
are the deities, divinities, spirits, phenomena or "holy powers", that are venerated in the Shinto religion. They can be elements of the landscape, forces of nature, or beings and the qualities that these beings express; they can also be the sp ...
is enshrined at
Ryōzen Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located on Mount Ryōzen in the former town of Ryozen, within the city of Date, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Its main festivals are held annually on April 22 and October 10.
The shrine was founded in 1881, and enshrines the ...
in
Date, Fukushima
is a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 59,625 in 22,843 households and a population density of 220 persons per km2. The total area of the city was .
Geography
Date occupies the eastern half of the F ...
Prefecture, which is one of the
Fifteen Shrines of the Kenmu Restoration
Minatogawa Shrine
The Fifteen Shrines of the Kenmu Restoration (建武中興十五社, ''Kenmu chūko jūgosha'') are a group of Shinto
Shinto () is a religion from Japan. Classified as an East Asian religion by scholars of religion, its ...
.
External links
Japanese biographical account
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