Nitta Yoshishige

Minamoto no Yoshishige (1114–1202), later called Nitta Yoshishige, was a warrior of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods and the founder of the Nitta clan. Eldest son of Minamoto no Yoshikuni and grandson of Yoshiie, he opened the Nitta Manor in Kōzuke Province, securing its charter in 1157, and defeated Chichibu and Ashikaga forces after forcing a crossing of the Watarase River.

In 1180 he held aloof from Yoritomo's uprising before submitting late, and remained an uneasy Kamakura vassal. Tonsured as Jōsei, he died at Nitta in 1202.