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* ''Title: Kuranosuke''
* ''Distinction: [[Chosokabe clan|Chosokabe]] retainer
Chikanao was a retainer of [[Chosokabe Motochika]] and the latter's son, [[Chosokabe Morichika|Morichika]]. He assumed control of his family when his elder brother [[Hisatake Chikanobu]] was killed fighting at [[Okayama castle]] in [[Iyo province]] in [[1579]]. An adroit schemer, Chikanao ingratiated himself with Motochika and played a role in the naming of Morchika as heir to the Chosokabe in [[1587]] (following the death of Morchika's elder brother in battle in 1586). He convinced Morichika to have [[Kira Chikazane]], one of Chikanao's rivals and an outspoken opponent of Morichika's succession, put to death in [[1600]], evidently through slander that suggested that Chikazane was in league with the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]]. When the Chosokabe were deprived of their [[Tosa province|Tosa]] domain shortly afterwards, Chikanao, to the chagrin of many of his fellow retainers, went off to serve the [[Kato clan|Katô]] of [[Higo province]].
==References==
* Initial text from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
* ''Distinction: [[Chosokabe clan|Chosokabe]] retainer
Chikanao was a retainer of [[Chosokabe Motochika]] and the latter's son, [[Chosokabe Morichika|Morichika]]. He assumed control of his family when his elder brother [[Hisatake Chikanobu]] was killed fighting at [[Okayama castle]] in [[Iyo province]] in [[1579]]. An adroit schemer, Chikanao ingratiated himself with Motochika and played a role in the naming of Morchika as heir to the Chosokabe in [[1587]] (following the death of Morchika's elder brother in battle in 1586). He convinced Morichika to have [[Kira Chikazane]], one of Chikanao's rivals and an outspoken opponent of Morichika's succession, put to death in [[1600]], evidently through slander that suggested that Chikazane was in league with the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]]. When the Chosokabe were deprived of their [[Tosa province|Tosa]] domain shortly afterwards, Chikanao, to the chagrin of many of his fellow retainers, went off to serve the [[Kato clan|Katô]] of [[Higo province]].
==References==
* Initial text from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
