Nitta Masayoshi

Nitta Masayoshi (c. 1187–1257) was a mid-Kamakura warrior and the fourth head of the Nitta main house, succeeding his father Yoshifusa at the age of thirteen under family guardianship. He married a daughter of Ashikaga Yoshiuji.

In 1244, while on guard duty in Kyoto, he sought court office without Kamakura's leave, then took the tonsure and withdrew to Nitta Manor, refusing to serve the shogunate. He lost part of his lands and the sōryō headship, founded Enpuku-ji temple, and died in 1257 aged seventy-one.