Kitabatake Explained

Kitabatake (written: 北畠 lit. "north terraced field") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• , Japanese kuge
• Kitabatake Akinobu (北畠 顕信, 1320–1380), Japanese court noble
• , Japanese warlord
• , Japanese kuge and writer
• Kitabatake Morichika (北畠 守親), Japanese court noble
• Kitabatake Tomonori (北畠 具教, 1528–1576), Japanese lord
• Kitabatake Tomoyuki (北畠 具行, 1290–1332), Japanese court noble
• , Japanese archer
• , Japanese poet and writer

See also

• Kitabatake clan, a Japanese samurai clan, active from the 13th to the 17th centuries
  • Kitabatake Shrine, a shrine in Tsu, Japan, dedicated to this clan