Itō Sukechika

Itō Sukechika (伊東 祐親, died March 20, 1182) was a Japanese samurai lord and gōzoku of the Izu Province in the late Heian period.

[1] He fought against his nephew (also said to be his cousin) Kudō Suketsune over the division of the territory of his family estate, Itō Manor.

In October 1176, a group of thugs attacked Sukechika, who was hunting in Okuno, Izu Province with his son Kawazu Sukeyasu.

However, during the Battle of Fujigawa, Sukechika was caught by the Minamoto clan, and his captivity was entrusted to his son-in-law, Miura Yoshizumi.

In the early modern period, the Itō clan were the lords of Obi Domain in Hyūga Province.

Grave of Itō Sukechika in Itō, Shizuoka