Kanō Muneshige (狩野 宗茂) was a Japanese samurai of the Kamakura period.
He was the son of Kudō Shigemitsu, the founder of the Kanō clan.
[2] In May 1193, Muneshige and Hōjō Tokimasa were in charge of the preparatory construction of mansions at the site of the Fuji no Makigari, a grand hunting event planned by Yoritomo.
After the brothers Soga Sukenari and Tokimune killed their father's killer, Kudō Suketsune, during the Revenge of the Soga Brothers incident on the last night of the hunting event, Muneshige was present at Tokimune's interrogation.
[2] Ever since Muneshige, his descendants were called "Kanō-suke" (suke being one of the titles for kokushi officials) for generations.