Kitabatake

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