Akamatsu Norimura

• • Period: Kamakura Period / Muromachi Period
  • Occupation: shugo
  • Family: Akamatsu Norisuke (son)
  • Birth: 1277
  • Death: 1350

Akamatsu Norimura

Akamatsu Norimura (赤松 則村) was the founder of the Akamatsu Family, living from 1277-1350 and father of Akamatsu Norisuke.¹

He founded the clan in 1336 after he allied with Ashikaga Takauji² and assisted Emperor Go-Daigo¹ to fight the Kamakura Shogunate; later he was made shugo of Harima.²

In his later life he became a Zen Monk by the name of Enshin.¹

Footnotes

1. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press
2. Kodansha. (1993) ”Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia”. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.

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