Niki Yoshinaga

Niki Yoshinaga (c. 1300–1376) was a Muromachi-era general, younger brother of Niki Yoriaki, son of Niki Yoshikatsu of Mikawa. He served Ashikaga Tadayoshi in Kamakura, fled the Hōjō rising of 1335, then fought for Takauji at Tatara Beach in Kyūshū and stayed to subdue the Kikuchi.

He governed Ise, Iga and other provinces, and the brothers once held nine between them. After Yoriaki died in 1359 his arrogance isolated him; attacked by Hosokawa Kiyouji's coalition, he failed to seize the shōgun Yoshiakira, fled to Ise, and surrendered to the Southern Court in 1361. Later pardoned and returned to the shogunate, he died in 1376.