Miyoshi Nagayoshi

In this Japanese name, the surname is Miyoshi.

Miyoshi Nagayoshi
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(1564-08-10) (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
Parents	Miyoshi Motonaga (father) Unknown (mother)
Military service
Allegiance	Miyoshi clan
Rank	Daimyo (Lord)
Battles/wars	Battle of Kyōkōji Many others

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.

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. 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 Sogō Kazunari, his younger brother). Nagayoshi died in Iimoriyama Castle in 1564.

Family

• Father: Miyoshi Motonaga
• Mother: Unknown
• Siblings:
  • Miyoshi Yoshikata
  • Atagi Fuyuyasu
  • Sogō Kazumasa
• Wives
  • Hatano Tanemichi's daughter
• Children
  • Miyoshi Yoshioki

Further reading

• 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

References

• Miyoshi family tree and information (Japanese)
• Data on the roots of Miyoshi Nagayoshi (Japanese)