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Akamatsu Yoshinori (赤松 義則) was a member of the Akamatsu Family living from 1358–1427. The father of Akamatsu Mitsusuke, he served under Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in the Muromachi Period.
He was the father of Akamatsu Mitsusuke and served as a minister under Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
He became a monk later in life under the name of Shōshō and was a man of small stature which gained him the nickname of sanshaku nyūdō (the three-foot-high monk).1
Footnotes
1. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press.
