Nii Shūkō (Sō Yoritsugu)

Sō Yoritsugu, better known as Nii Shūkō, was a commander of the Northern and Southern Courts period and a younger son of the Tsushima lord Sō Morikuni. In 1349 his elder brother Tsuneshige made him deputy governor of Tsushima, and he moved from Dazaifu to Nakamura in Nii village on the island.

He banned reckless mountain logging and in 1362 set the crop tax at two bu five rin, working to stabilize the island's government. After his death islanders enshrined him at the Jinushi shrine.