Kitabatake Akiyoshi

{{Short description|Japanese military figure}}

File:Kitabatake Akiyoshi.jpgKitabatake Akiyoshi (北畠顕能; 1326–1383) was a Kamakura period military figure who defended the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō period.

The son of Kitabatake Chikafusa, he helped lead loyalist forces in the capture of Kyoto in 1352.{{Cite book |last=Sansom |first=George |title=A History of Japan, 1334-1615 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofjapan00sans |url-access=registration |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1961 |ISBN=0804705259 |page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofjapan00sans/page/88 88]}}

He is enshrined at Kitabatake Shrine in Tsu, Mie Prefecture.