Chūjō Nagahide

Chūjō Nagahide (d. 1384) was a Nanbokuchō-period warrior, the second son of Chūjō Kagenaga, who fought for Ashikaga Takauji against the Kamakura shogunate. In 1354 he succeeded his father as lord of Koromo Castle in Mikawa Province. He trained under Nenami Jion, founder of the Nen-ryū sword school, and was counted among the master's fourteen leading disciples before founding his own Chūjō-ryū.

He served the Muromachi shogunate as shugo of Iga and taught swordsmanship to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. A disciple of the poet Ton'a, his verses appear in several imperial anthologies.