Nitta Yoshiaki
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son of Nitta Yoshisada
, fought for Emperor Go-Daigo
, against the Ashikaga
at the end of the Kamakura period. He was one of the chief generals at the fortress of Kanagasaki
, which fell to the Ashikaga; Yoshiaki was killed, and Prince Tsunenaga
captured.
Nitta Yoshisada
was the head of the Nitta family in the early fourteenth century, and supported the Southern Court of Emperor Go-Daigo in the Nanboku-chō period, capturing Kamakura from the Hōjō clan in 1333....
, fought for Emperor Go-Daigo
Emperor Go-Daigo
Emperor Go-Daigo was the 96th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession....
, against the Ashikaga
Ashikaga clan
The ' was a prominent Japanese samurai clan which established the Muromachi shogunate and ruled Japan from roughly 1336 to 1573.The Ashikaga were descended from a branch of the Minamoto clan, deriving originally from the town of Ashikaga in Shimotsuke province .For about a century the clan was...
at the end of the Kamakura period. He was one of the chief generals at the fortress of Kanagasaki
Siege of Kanagasaki (1337)
The 1337 was the final battle for the Nitta family in their support of the Southern Imperial Court against the Ashikaga Pretenders of the Northern Court....
, which fell to the Ashikaga; Yoshiaki was killed, and Prince Tsunenaga
Prince Tsunenaga
' was one of the sons of Japanese Emperor Go-Daigo. He became involved in the Nanboku-chō wars between the true Imperial line and the Ashikaga clan....
captured.