Akamatsu Norimura

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Akamatsu".

Akamatsu Norimura (赤松 則村?, 1277 - February 18, 1350) was a Japanese samurai and clan leader of the Muromachi period.

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Shugo

Norimura served as the shugo of Harima Province, awarded in 1336 after switching his support to the Ashikaga side from the Emperor Go-Daigo.

Norimura constructed the temple of Shomyoji at the base of Mt. Himeji, which later became the site for Himeji Castle.

Patron

With the patronage of Norimura and the Akamatsu clan, Sesson Yūbai was able to become the founder of a number of provincial Buddhist temple-monasteries, including Hōun-ji and Hōrin-ji in Harima.[1] Hōrin-ji was ranked among the provincial jissatsu by the Muromachi shogunate,[1] which encouraged its shugo vassals to found monasteries in their domains.[2]

Prominent among Yūbai's followers was Norimura's son, Akamatsu Norisuke (1314-1371).[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Hall, John Whitney. (1999). The Cambridge History of Japan, pp. 600-603.
  2. ^ Hall, p. 602.

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