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[[Image:Miyoshi_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Miyoshi kamon.]]

[[Image:Miyoshi_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Miyoshi kamon.]]

The Miyoshi of the [[Awa province]] of [[Shikoku]] entered the sengoku period as retainers of the [[Hosokawa clan|Hosokawa]]. With various branches of the Hosokawa vying for control of the position of kanrei, the Miyoshi were called to serve and became increasingly relied upon. [[Miyoshi Yukinaga|Miyoshi Yukinaga's]] troops participiated in the seesaw contest for [[Kyoto]] and although Yukinaga was forced to commit suicide in [[1520]], the fortunes of the Miyoshi reached their zenith under his grandson [[Miyoshi Nagayoshi|Nagayoshi]] (Chokei). Following Chokei's death in [[1564]], the Miyoshi were for a time directed by the so-called Miyoshi Triumvir (Miyoshi sanninshu while competing with their erstwhile retainer [[Matsunaga Hisahide]]. The Miyoshi and [[Matsunaga clan|Matsunaga]] briefly joined forces to destroy [[Ashikaga Yoshiteru]] in [[1565]], placing the child [[Tokugawa Yoshihide]] in the position of shogun. Driven from [[Yamashiro province]] in [[1568]] by [[Oda Nobunaga]], the Miyoshi were next forced from their strongholds in [[Settsu province|Settsu]] and retired to [[Awa province|Awa]]. There the remaining Miyoshi were eventually overcome by [[Chosokabe Motochika]].

The Miyoshi of the [[Awa province]] of [[Shikoku]] entered the sengoku period as retainers of the [[Hosokawa clan|Hosokawa]]. With various branches of the Hosokawa vying for control of the position of kanrei, the Miyoshi were called to serve and became increasingly relied upon. [[Miyoshi Yukinaga|Miyoshi Yukinaga's]] troops participiated in the seesaw contest for [[Kyoto]] and although Yukinaga was forced to commit suicide in [[1520]], the fortunes of the Miyoshi reached their zenith under his grandson [[Miyoshi Nagayoshi|Nagayoshi]] (Chokei). Following Chokei's death in [[1564]], the Miyoshi were for a time directed by the so-called Miyoshi Triumvir ([[Miyoshi Sanninshu]]) while competing with their erstwhile retainer [[Matsunaga Hisahide]]. The Miyoshi and [[Matsunaga clan|Matsunaga]] briefly joined forces to destroy [[Ashikaga Yoshiteru]] in [[1565]], placing the child [[Tokugawa Yoshihide]] in the position of shogun. Driven from [[Yamashiro province]] in [[1568]] by [[Oda Nobunaga]], the Miyoshi were next forced from their strongholds in [[Settsu province|Settsu]] and retired to [[Awa province|Awa]]. There the remaining Miyoshi were eventually overcome by [[Chosokabe Motochika]].

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