Miyoshi Nagayoshi (三好 長慶, March 10, 1522 – August 10, 1564), eldest son of Miyoshi Motonaga, was a Japanese samurai and powerful daimyō who ruled seven provinces of Kansai.[1]
Miyoshi Nagayoshi | |
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三好 長慶 | |
 Portrait of Miyoshi Nagayoshi | |
| Head of Miyoshi clan | |
| In office 1549–1564 | |
| Succeeded by | Miyoshi Yoshitsugu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 10, 1522 Yamashiro Province, Japan |
| Died | August 10, 1564 (aged 42) Kawachi Province, Japan |
| Spouse | Hatano Tanemichi's daughter |
| Relations | Miyoshi Yoshikata (brother) Atagi Fuyuyasu (brother) Sogō Kazumasa (brother) Miyoshi Yoshitsugu (adopted son) |
| Children | Miyoshi Yoshioki |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Miyoshi clan |
| Rank | Daimyo (Lord) |
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Nagayoshi held the court titles of Shūri-dayū (修理太夫) and Chikuzen no Kami (筑前守), and was also known by the more Sinic reading of his name: Chōkei (長慶). During his tenure, the Miyoshi clan would experience a great rise of power, and engage in a protracted military campaign against its rivals, the Rokkaku and the Hosokawa.[2] Nagayoshi defeated Ashikaga Yoshiteru and banished him from Kyoto in 1558.[1]
Following his death, Nagayoshi was succeeded by his adopted son, Yoshitsugu (the son of Sogō Kazunari, his younger brother). Nagayoshi died in Iimoriyama Castle in 1564.[3]
Family edit
- Father: Miyoshi Motonaga
- Mother: Unknown
- Siblings:
- Wives
- Hatano Tanemichi's daughter
- Children
- Miyoshi Yoshioki
References edit
Further reading edit
- Miyoshi Nagayoshi 『三好長慶』 人物文庫 (学陽書房2010) Tokunaga Shinichirō ISBN 4313752609
- Miyoshi Nagayoshi 『三好長慶:諸人之を仰ぐこと北斗泰山』 (ミネルヴァ日本評伝選) Amano Tadayuki (ミネルヴァ書房 2014) ISBN 4623070727
- Iimoriyama jo to Miyoshi Nagayoshi(Iimoriyama Castle and Miyoshi Nagayoshi) 『飯盛山城と三好長慶』 仁木宏,中井均,中西裕樹 (戎光祥出版 2015) ISBN 4864031770
External links edit
- Miyoshi family tree and information (Japanese)
- Data on the roots of Miyoshi Nagayoshi (Japanese)
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