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''Died: [[1441]]''

* ''Died: [[1441]]''

The Akamatsu were a powerful family in the Muromachi Period and owed their success to the actions of [[Akamatsu Norimura]]. At first a supporter of [[Go-Daigo]] in the Kemmu Restoration, Norimura had later switched to the Ashikaga side. In [[1336]] he was awarded the governorship of Harima; by the time of the 3rd Ashikaga Shogun, [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]], the Akamatsu were ''shugo'' for Harima, Bizen, and Mimasaka as well as one of the four families that provided members of the Bakufu’s ''samurai-dokoro'' (Board of retainers). Mimasaka had been added to the Akamatsu’s holdings at the expense of the Yamana in [[1391]] and their service in that campaign earned them both rewards from the shôgun and hatred from the Yamana.

The Akamatsu were a powerful family in the Muromachi Period and owed their success to the actions of [[Akamatsu Norimura]]. At first a supporter of [[Go-Daigo]] in the Kemmu Restoration, Norimura had later switched to the Ashikaga side. In [[1336]] he was awarded the governorship of Harima; by the time of the 3rd Ashikaga Shogun, [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]], the Akamatsu were ''shugo'' for Harima, Bizen, and Mimasaka as well as one of the four families that provided members of the Bakufu’s ''samurai-dokoro'' (Board of retainers). Mimasaka had been added to the Akamatsu’s holdings at the expense of the Yamana in [[1391]] and their service in that campaign earned them both rewards from the shôgun and hatred from the Yamana.