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* ''Death: [[1557]]'' | * ''Death: [[1557]]'' | ||
* ''Children: [[Akizuki Harutane]] and [[Akizuki Tanezane]]'' | * ''Children: [[Akizuki Harutane]] and [[Akizuki Tanezane]]'' | ||
| + | * ''Japanese'': [[秋月]] 文種 ''(Akizuki Fumitane)'' | ||
| − | + | Fumitane was the daimyô of the [[Akizuki clan|Akizuki]] house during the mid-16th Century. He became a retainer of [[Ouchi Yoshitaka|Ôuchi Yoshitaka]] in [[1541]] but after Yoshitaka's death he became a vassal of the [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo]]. In [[1557]], having formed relations with the [[Mori clan|Môri]], he rebelled, only to be attacked by a 20,000-man Ôtomo army commanded by [[Tachibana Dosetsu|Tachibana Dôsetsu]] and [[Usuki Akihaya]]. He committed suicide along with his eldest son Harutane on 6/8/1557 but his second son Tanezane was taken into the protection of the Môri. | |
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Latest revision as of 22:22, 10 December 2007
- Birth: 1512
- Death: 1557
- Children: Akizuki Harutane and Akizuki Tanezane
- Japanese: 秋月 文種 (Akizuki Fumitane)
Fumitane was the daimyô of the Akizuki house during the mid-16th Century. He became a retainer of Ôuchi Yoshitaka in 1541 but after Yoshitaka's death he became a vassal of the Ôtomo. In 1557, having formed relations with the Môri, he rebelled, only to be attacked by a 20,000-man Ôtomo army commanded by Tachibana Dôsetsu and Usuki Akihaya. He committed suicide along with his eldest son Harutane on 6/8/1557 but his second son Tanezane was taken into the protection of the Môri.
References
- Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
