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Kitabatake Tomonori

北畠具教

Eighth head of the Kitabatake family. He took over in the late 1530s and expanded the family's territory. In 1569 he fought Oda Nobunaga and made peace by adopting Nobunaga's second son.

Years: ?–1576

Historical record

Story

In 1576 he and members of his family were killed on Nobunaga's orders, ending some 240 years of Kitabatake rule from Tage.

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The Kitabatake residence garden in the grounds of Kitabatake Shrine, with rocks set around the pond (June 2011).

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Kiriyama Castle

多気北畠氏城館

The shrine garden was the governor's residence garden, and the summit behind it was his last-resort mountain fortress. Only together do they make one castle.

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