Satomi Yoshitaka

{{short description|Japanese samurai}}

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|name= Satomi Yoshitaka

|native_name= 里見 義堯

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|birth_date= 1507?

|death_date= June 19, 1574

|birth_place= Awa Province

|death_place= Awa Province

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|commands= Kururi Castle

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|battles= Battle of Inukake, Battle of Kōnodai, Battle of Miuramisaki, Siege of Kururi Castle

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{{family name hatnote|Satomi|lang=Japanese}}

{{Nihongo|Satomi Yoshitaka|里見 義堯||extra=1507? – 1574}} was a Japanese samurai and head of the Satomi clan.{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%87%8C%E8%A6%8B%E7%BE%A9%E5%A0%AF-2043188|title=精選版 日本国語大辞典「里見義堯」の解説|publisher=kotobank|language=ja|access-date=26 October 2021}}

In 1534, he killed his nephew and became a head of the Satomi clan.

He fought against the Later Hōjō clan under Ashikaga Yoshiaki in the Battle of Kōnodai. However, Yoshiaki was killed during the battle and was defeated.{{cite web|url=https://www.city.edogawa.tokyo.jp/documents/9196/1-09.pdf|title=Battle of Kōnodai|publisher=Edogawa city official|language=ja|access-date=26 October 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%B6%B3%E5%88%A9%E7%BE%A9%E6%98%8E-25226|title=足利義明の解説|publisher=kotobank|language=ja|access-date=26 October 2021}} Following the death of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Yoshitaka expanded his territory and ruled most of the Kazusa Province. In 1554, his Kururi castle was surrounded by 20,000 soldiers of the Later Hōjō clan but Yoshitaka and his son Satomi Yoshihiro defeated them.{{cite web|url=https://tokyo-bay.biz/spot/walking/ch040/|title=Kururi Castle|date=10 October 2016 |publisher=東京湾観光情報局|language=ja|access-date=26 October 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%B9%85%E7%95%99%E9%87%8C%E5%9F%8E-179917|title=日本の城がわかる事典「久留里城」の解説|publisher=kotobank|language=ja|access-date=26 October 2021}}

He retired in 1562 and relinquished the clan's head position to Yoshihiro.{{cite web|url=https://www.city.tateyama.chiba.jp/satomi/siryouhen/ryakureki/ryakureki.html|title=里見氏歴代経歴|publisher=Tateyama city official|language=ja|access-date=26 October 2021}}

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