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Akamatsu Mitsusuke
Akamatsu
Mitsusuke
was a
Japanese
samurai
of the
Akamatsu clan
during the
Sengoku Period
.
Early
life
Mitsusuke was the son of
Akamatusu Yoshinori
.
Assassin
In
1441
, Mitsusuke
killed
Ashikaga Yoshinori
who was
leader
of the
Ashikaga shogunate
.
In
response
, he was
attacked
by
forces
of the
Yamana clan
and the
Hosokawa clan
. In
defeat
, he was
forced
to
commit suicide
.