Miyoshi Nagayoshi | |
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三好 長慶 | |
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 Kawachi Province, Japan | (aged 42)
Spouse | Hatano Tanemichi's daughter |
Relations |
Miyoshi Yoshikata (brother) Atagi Fuyuyasu (brother) Sogō Kazumasa (brother) Miyoshi Yoshitsugu (adopted son) |
Children | Miyoshi Yoshioki |
Parents |
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Military service | |
Allegiance | Miyoshi clan |
Rank | Daimyo (Lord) |
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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]
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]