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Miyoshi Yoshitsugu

1549–1573 · 16th century

Miyoshi Yoshitsugu was the adopted heir of Miyoshi Nagayoshi and head of the Miyoshi clan after 1564. Dominated by the three Miyoshi elders and Matsunaga Hisahide, he was involved in the killing of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru in 1565. He later sided with the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki against Oda Nobunaga and was killed when Nobunaga's forces took his castle of Wakae in 1573.

Miyoshi Yoshitsugu
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Miyoshi Yoshitsugu. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/miyoshi-yoshitsugu
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