Kagawa Chikakazu

Kagawa Chikakazu(Chōsokabe Chikakazu)
Kagawa Chikakazu(Chōsokabe Chikakazu)
	Tomb of Kagawa Chikakazu near the Okō Castle
Native name	香川親和
Born	1567; Tosa Province
Died	1587 (aged 19–20); Okō Castle, Tosa Province
Relations	Chōsokabe Motochika (father); Kagawa Yukikage (adopted father)

Template:Japanese name Kagawa Chikakazu (香川親和, 1567 – 1587) also known as Chōsokabe Chikakazu was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period.　He was the second son of Chōsokabe Motochika who was adopted by the Kagawa clan in Amagiri Castle.^[1]^[2]

After Chōsokabe clan's successor Chōsokabe Nobuchika`s death in the Battle of Hetsugigawa, Toyotomi Hideyoshi advised Chōsokabe Motochika to make Chikakazu as a successor However, Motochika selected his favored Chōsokabe Morichika for Chōsokabe clan's successor. Chikakazu died at the age of 20 because of illness in 1587.^[3]

References

^ 山本大長宗我部元親 1987 吉川弘文館 P.249　ISBN 4642051031
^ "天霧城跡" (in Japanese). ニッポン城めぐり. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
^ "香川親和" (in Japanese). 戦国武将録　讃岐国. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

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[1] 山本大長宗我部元親 1987 吉川弘文館 P.249　ISBN 4642051031

[2] "天霧城跡" (in Japanese). ニッポン城めぐり. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

[3] "香川親和" (in Japanese). 戦国武将録　讃岐国. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

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