Itō Yoshisuke

In this Japanese name, the family name is Itō.

Itō Yoshisuke (伊東義祐 1512 – August 29, 1585) was a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period. In his lifetime, he was the head of the Ito clan.[1]

He was defeated by Shimazu Yoshihiro in the 1572 Battle of Kizaki.[2]

Yoshisuke, who was the descendant of Itō Suketsune. He inherited Agata Domain in Hyuga Province in 1584[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Itō" at Nobiliare du Japon, p. 17 [PDF 21 of 80]; retrieved 2013-4-30.
  2. Turnbull, Stephen (2000). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & C0. p. 221. ISBN 1854095234.


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