• • Period: Muromachi Period
  • Occupation: –
  • Family: Akamatsu Mitsusuke (father)
  • Birth: –
  • Death: –

Akamatsu Noriyasu

Akamatsu Noriyasu (赤松 教康) was a member of the Akamatsu Family and is known to have aided his father Akamatsu Mitsusuke in the assassination of Ashikaga Yoshinori in 1441.¹

Footnotes

1. Kodansha. (1993) ”Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia”. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.

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• • Period: Muromachi Period
  • Occupation: shugo
  • Family: Akamatsu Yoshinori (father) Akamitsu Noriyasu (son)
  • Birth: 1373
  • Death: 1441

Akamatsu Mitsusuke

Akamatsu Mitsusuke (赤松 満祐) was a member of the Akamatsu Family and son of Akamatsu Yoshinori², living from 1373-1441.¹²

He served as shugo for three different provinces in Honshu during the Muromachi Shogunate.

In 1441 we see him angered by the attempts of Ashikaga Yoshinori‘s attempts to relocate some of his lands. And so he assassinated him. Shogunal 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.

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• • First Ruler: Akamatsu Norimura
  • Final Ruler: –
  • Dissolution: –
  • Parent House: Murakami-Genji
  • For a full list of Clans: See Japanese Clans.

Akamatsu Family

The Akamatsu Family (赤松氏) was a descendant clan of the Minamoto, founded by Akamatsu Norimura in 1336 after he allied with Ashikaga Takauji to fight the Kamakura Shogunate; later being made shugo of Harima.

They were one of only four families who were eligable to head the Samurai Dokoro (Board of Retainers) during the Muromachi Shogunate. ¹

The family was all but destroyed by the Yamana and Hosokawa Families in 1441 after Akamatsu Mitsusuke assassinated the shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori. This was known as the Kakitsu Incident.

They did regain some power afterwards but finally lost their domain in 1521 after being attacked and defeated by their vassals the Uragami Family.¹

Members

• • Akamatsu Mitsusuke (1373-1441)
  • Akamatsu Noriyasu
  • Akamatsu Norimura (1277-1350)
  • Akamatsu Norisuke (1311-1371)
  • Akamatsu Yoshinori (1358-1427)

Footnotes

1. Kodansha. (1993) ”Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia”. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.

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