Iwanari Tomomichi

Iwanari Tomomichi (岩成 友通; 1519 – August 29, 1578) was a Japanese samurai of the 16th century. Also known as Ishinari Tomomichi (石成友通), he was a senior retainer of the Miyoshi clan.^[1] He was one of the three great samurai of the Miyoshi clan called Miyoshi Sanninshu along with Miyoshi Nagayuki and Miyoshi Masayasu.^[2] Leading an uprising against the forces of Oda Nobunaga toward the end of his life, Iwanari was killed in battle by Hosokawa Fujitaka.

Portrait of Iwanari Tomomichi from Utagawa Yoshiiku's Heroes of the Taiheiki

In this Japanese name, the surname is Iwanari.