Chōsokabe Kunichika
Japanese warlord
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| Intro | Japanese warlord | ||
| Places | Japan | ||
| was | Military leader Samurai | ||
| Work field | Military | ||
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| Birth | 1504, Oko Castle, Japan | ||
| Death | 8 July 1560 (aged 56 years) | ||
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Biography
Chōsokabe Kunichika (長宗我部 国親, 1503 – 1560) was a powerful warlord in Tosa Province, Japan. He was the son of Chōsokabe Kanetsugu. His childhood name was Senyumaru (千熊丸).
After his father Chōsokabe Kanetsugu was attacked by local lords and he killed himself in the Okō Castle in 1508, Kunichika was raised by the aristocrat Ichijō Fusaie in Tosa Province. Kunichika gave his third son Kōsokabe Chikayasu for adoption to the Kōsokabe Clan in 1558. He reconciled with the Motoya clan and gathered strength. Kunichika won the Motoyama clan in 1560 and died soon after, and was succeeded by his son, Chōsokabe Motochika.
Family
- Father: Chōsokabe Kanetsugu (1504–1560)
- Wife: Osachi no Kata
- Children:
- Chōsokabe Motochika by Osachi no Kata
- Kira Chikasada (1541–1576)
- Motoyama no Kata married Motoyama Shigetoki
- Kōsokabe Chikayasu (1543–1593)
- Shima Chikamasu (d. 1571)
- daughter married Ike Yorikazu
- Oyo no Kata married Hakawa Kiyomune