Background
Kuretake Aso was an eldest son of Korezumi, he succeeded his father in the post upon his death (1364).
Kuretake Aso was an eldest son of Korezumi, he succeeded his father in the post upon his death (1364).
He followed his father in a campaign against Takauji Ashikaga at the request of Princ e Morinaga (Daito-no - miya). Afte r his father' s death, he fought in Bung o Provinc e (Oita Prefecture ) and elsewhere, together with the Kikuchis, a family of warrior s loyal to the South Imperial Dynasty. After the power of the
Kikuchi s waned, he entered their province of Chikuzen (Fukuoka Prefecture ) and was killed in a battle at Hiruuchi.