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*''Died: c. 1340-1341''
*''Japanese'': [[肝付]]兼重 ''(Kimotsuki Kaneshige)''
Kimotsuki Kaneshige was a prominent leader of the [[Kimotsuki clan]] during the wars of the [[Nanbokucho period|Nanboku-chô period]].
He was a son of [[Kimotsuki Kanefuji]], sixth head of the Kimotsuki clan. While his elder brother [[Kimotsuki Kanehisa]] addressed a legal case in [[Kamakura]], Kaneshige was left to head the clan's military efforts in their home territories of southern Kyushu. Following the fall of [[Mimataintaka castle]] in [[1340]]/8, Kaneshige and [[Haseba Hidezumi]] entered [[Tofukuji castle|Tôfukuji castle]] in [[Kagoshima]]. Fighting lasted eight months, ending in Kaneshige's death, and the castle falling to the [[Shimazu clan]]. Kaneshige was buried at Jôkô-ji in Kimotsuki Town, [[Kagoshima prefecture]].
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at [[Tofukuji castle|Tôfukuji castle]].[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15230400156/sizes/h/]
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
*''Japanese'': [[肝付]]兼重 ''(Kimotsuki Kaneshige)''
Kimotsuki Kaneshige was a prominent leader of the [[Kimotsuki clan]] during the wars of the [[Nanbokucho period|Nanboku-chô period]].
He was a son of [[Kimotsuki Kanefuji]], sixth head of the Kimotsuki clan. While his elder brother [[Kimotsuki Kanehisa]] addressed a legal case in [[Kamakura]], Kaneshige was left to head the clan's military efforts in their home territories of southern Kyushu. Following the fall of [[Mimataintaka castle]] in [[1340]]/8, Kaneshige and [[Haseba Hidezumi]] entered [[Tofukuji castle|Tôfukuji castle]] in [[Kagoshima]]. Fighting lasted eight months, ending in Kaneshige's death, and the castle falling to the [[Shimazu clan]]. Kaneshige was buried at Jôkô-ji in Kimotsuki Town, [[Kagoshima prefecture]].
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at [[Tofukuji castle|Tôfukuji castle]].[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15230400156/sizes/h/]
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]