Kitabatake

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

• Kitabatake Akiie (北畠 顕家; 1318–1338), Japanese kuge
• Kitabatake Akinobu (北畠 顕信, 1320–1380), Japanese court noble
• Kitabatake Akiyoshi (北畠 顕能; 1326–1383), Japanese warlord
• Kitabatake Chikafusa (北畠 親房; 1293 –1354), 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
• Sayoko Kitabatake (北畠 紗代子; born 1978), Japanese archer
• Yao Kitabatake (北畠 八穂; 1903–1982), 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