Miyoshi Nagayoshi

Samurai and daimyo

Miyoshi Nagayoshi (?? ??, March 10, 1522 – August 10, 1564), eldest son of Miyoshi Motonaga, was a Japanese samurai and powerful daimyo who ruled seven provinces of Kansai.

Nagayoshi held the court titles of Shuri-dayu (????) and Chikuzen no Kami (???), and was also known by the more Sinic reading of his name: Chokei (??).

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.

Nagayoshi defeated Ashikaga Yoshiteru and banished him from Kyoto in 1555.Following his death, Nagayoshi was succeeded by his adopted son, Yoshitsugu (the son of Sogo Kazunari, his younger brother).

Nagayoshi died in Iimoriyama Castle in 1564.