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* ''Died: [[1334]]''

* ''Died: [[1334]]''

Kitabatake Chikafusa wrote the "Jinno Shotoki", between [[1339]]-[[1343]]. His family was of [[Murakami Clan|Murakami]] Genji stock. He disliked and opposed [[Ashikaga Takauji]] and the Bakufu - he felt that Takauji was a "greedy soldier of no great merit and not of a really good family." He supported the Southern Court in [[Yoshino Province|Yoshino]], and over the span of his career served five emperors – [[Go-Fushimi]], [[Go-Nijo]], [[Hanazono]], [[Go-Daigo]], and [[Go-Murakami]]. He was sent by Go-Daigo to [[Mutsu Province]] as governor and worked to drum up support there for the Southern cause. He was hard-pressed by [[Ishido Yoshifusa|Ishidô Yoshifusa]], whom Takauji had dispatched in [[1335]] as a counter to Chikafusa and captured Taga, which was the Loyalist's seat in Mutsu. In addition, Chikafusa was unable to convince the powerful [[Hitachi Province|Hitachi]] landholder [[Yuki Chikatomo|Yûki Chikatomo]] to throw in with the Loyalists, and when the latter sided with the Ashikaga, Chikafusa was forced to flee to Yoshino. He died in [[1334]]. Chikafusa was the father of [[Kitabatake Akiyoshi]] and Akiie. Akiie was killed in battle in the summer of [[1338]]. Chikafusa was assisted in his endeavors by a younger brother, Akinobu.

Kitabatake Chikafusa wrote the "Jinno Shotoki", between [[1339]]-[[1343]]. His family was of [[Murakami Clan|Murakami]] Genji stock. He disliked and opposed [[Ashikaga Takauji]] and the Bakufu - he felt that Takauji was a "greedy soldier of no great merit and not of a really good family." He supported the Southern Court in [[Yoshino Province|Yoshino]], and over the span of his career served five emperors – [[Emperor Go-Fushimi|Go-Fushimi]], [[Emperor Go-Nijo|Go-Nijo]], [[Emperor Hanazono|Hanazono]], [[Emperor Go-Daigo|Go-Daigo]], and [[Emperor Go-Murakami|Go-Murakami]]. He was sent by Go-Daigo to [[Mutsu Province]] as governor and worked to drum up support there for the Southern cause. He was hard-pressed by [[Ishido Yoshifusa|Ishidô Yoshifusa]], whom Takauji had dispatched in [[1335]] as a counter to Chikafusa and captured Taga, which was the Loyalist's seat in Mutsu. In addition, Chikafusa was unable to convince the powerful [[Hitachi Province|Hitachi]] landholder [[Yuki Chikatomo|Yûki Chikatomo]] to throw in with the Loyalists, and when the latter sided with the Ashikaga, Chikafusa was forced to flee to Yoshino. He died in [[1334]]. Chikafusa was the father of [[Kitabatake Akiyoshi]] and Akiie. Akiie was killed in battle in the summer of [[1338]]. Chikafusa was assisted in his endeavors by a younger brother, Akinobu.