Kitabatake Akiyoshi

Kitabatake Akiyoshi was a Kamakura Period military figure who defended the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō period. The son of Kitabatake Chikafusa, he helped lead Loyalist forces in the capture of Kyoto in 1352. He is enshrined at Kitabatake Shrine in Tsu, Mie Prefecture.