Miyoshi Yoshikata

{{family name hatnote|Miyoshi|lang=Japanese}}{{Infobox officeholder

| order = Lord of Shōzui Castle

| termstart = 1553

| termend = 1562

| predecessor = Hosokawa Mochitaka

| successor = Sogō Masayasu

| name = Miyoshi Yoshikata

| native_name = 三好 義賢

| image = 三好実休.jpg

| caption = Miyoshi Yoshikata

| birth_date = c. 1527

| death_date = April 8, 1562

| allegiance = 15px Miyoshi clan

| children = Miyoshi Nagaharu
Sogō Masayasu

| relations = Miyoshi Motonaga (father)
Miyoshi Nagayoshi (brother)
Atagi Fuyuyasu (brother)
Sogō Kazumasa (brother)

|battles = Shōzui Incident (1553)
Kumeta War (1562)

}}

{{Nihongo|Miyoshi Yoshikata|三好 義賢||extra={{circa|1527}} – April 8, 1562}}, other name Miyoshi Yukiyasu (三好 之康) or Miyoshi Jikkyu (三好 実休), second son of Miyoshi Motonaga, was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Miyoshi clan.{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%B8%89%E5%A5%BD%E7%BE%A9%E8%B3%A2-1114180|title=三好義賢(読み)みよし・よしかた 朝日日本歴史人物事典「三好義賢」の解説|publisher=Kotobank|access-date=15 December 2021}}

His other brothers were Miyoshi Nagayoshi (first child), Atagi Fuyuyasu (third child), and Sogō Kazumasa (fourth child). His son was Miyoshi Nagaharu. He was also the castle lord in command of Shōzui Castle.{{cite web|url= https://sirotabi.com/1455/ |title=勝端城~戦国時代には四国で最も栄えた阿波の本拠地|date=30 November 2017 |publisher=城旅人|language=Japanese|accessdate=25 July 2019}} Yoshitaka expelled Hosokawa Mochitaka and captured Shōzui Castle, which then became the main base of Miyoshi clan in Shikoku.{{cite web|url= https://www.awanavi.jp/spot/20401.html |title=勝瑞城|publisher=阿波ナビ|language=Japanese|accessdate=25 July 2019}}

He was shot and killed during Kumeta war in 1562.{{cite web|url= https://www.city.kishiwada.osaka.jp/soshiki/3/miyoshi-jikkyu.html |title=三好実休|publisher=岸和田市|accessdate=1 July 2019}} He was one of the most important vassals of Nagayoshi as the power of the Miyoshi clan declined sharply after his death.

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