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 | 
| Parents | 
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | |
| 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]
Family
- Father: Miyoshi Motonaga
 - Mother: Unknown
 - Siblings:
 - 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)
 
