Akamatsu Mitsusuke (赤松 満祐) was a member of the Akamatsu Family and son of Akamatsu Yoshinori2, living from 1373–1441.12 A shugo of the Muromachi Period, he assassinated the shōgun Ashikaga Yoshinori in 1441, an event known as the Kakitsu Incident.
He served as shugo for three different provinces in Honshū during the Muromachi Shōgunate.
In 1441, angered by Ashikaga Yoshinori‘s attempts to relocate some of his lands, he assassinated the shōgun. Shōgunal forces, led by Yamana Sōzen, then defeated Mitsusuke later the same year leading to him committing suicide. This became known as the Kakitsu Incident.1
His son Noriyasu helped him in the assassination attempt.2
Footnotes
1. Kodansha. (1993) ”Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia”. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.
2. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press.
