Miyoshi Nagayoshi
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Miyoshi Nagayoshi (三好長慶?) (1523-1564) was a Japanese samurai who was lord of the Miyoshi clan during the Sengoku period. 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. 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.
Following his death, Nagayoshi was be succeeded by his son, Yoshitsugu.
