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Kitabatake Chikafusa

1293–1354 · 14th century

Kitabatake Chikafusa (1293–1354) was a Japanese courtier, general and writer, a leading supporter of Emperor Go-Daigo and the Southern Court. He fought the Ashikaga in eastern Japan, held out in Hitachi province for several years, and in 1339 wrote the Jinnō Shōtōki to defend the Southern Court's legitimacy. After Go-Daigo's death he was the chief political leader of the Southern Court.

Kitabatake Chikafusa
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