Nitta Yoshioki

Nitta Yoshioki (c. 1331–1358), the second son of Nitta Yoshisada, rose in Kōzuke in 1337 and joined Kitabatake Akiie's northern army; at Yoshino, Emperor Go-Daigo gave him his adult name. In 1352, during the Kannō Disturbance, he raised troops for Prince Muneyoshi and briefly seized Kamakura.

In 1358 he was murdered at the Yaguchi ferry by men sent by the Kamakura kubō Ashikaga Motouji, aged twenty-eight. The Taiheiki made his vengeful ghost famous, and he was later worshipped as Nitta Daimyōjin.