Kitabatake Tomonori
Kitabatake Tomonori was the master of south Ise Province and ruled from Kitabatakeshi Jōkan. He learned swordplay from Tsukahara Bokuden so he was famous as a skilled sword man. His territory was invaded by Oda Nobunaga in 1569. He surrendered and adopted Nobunaga’s second son Oda Nobukatsu.
In 1576, Tomonori was killed by Oda Nobunaga`s army during the siege of Mie.
