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* ''Born: [[1546]]''
* ''Born: [[1546]]''
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* ''Died: [[1619]]''
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* ''Died: [[1619]]/2/3''
* ''Other name: Kurozaemon''
* ''Other name: Kurozaemon''
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* ''Japanese'': 長 連竜 ''(Chou Tsuratatsu)''
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* ''Japanese'': [[長]] 連竜 ''(Chou Tsuratatsu)''
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Tsuratatsu was the second son of [[Cho Tsugutsura]]. He was at first a monk, but returned to secular life in [[1577]] and joined [[Oda Nobunaga]] in [[1579]]. He assisted [[Shibata Katsuie]] with suppressing Kaga monto in [[1580]] and was subsequently granted land confiscated from the [[Isurugi Shrine]] in [[Echizen province|Echizen]]. That same year he became a [[Yoriki]] for [[Maeda Toshiie]], and after the [[Honnoji Incident]], he became a vassal.
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Tsuratatsu was the second son of [[Cho Tsugutsura|Chô Tsugutsura]]. He was at first a monk, but returned to secular life in [[1577]] when his father Tsugutsura and older brother [[Cho Tsunatsura|Tsunatsura]], vassals of the [[Hatakeyama clan]], were [[siege of Nanao|besieged at Nanao castle]]. While [[Uesugi Kenshin]] besieged the castle, Tsuratatsu sought aid from [[Oda Nobunaga]]. Later joining Nobunaga, he was granted territory and was reestablished in [[Noto province]].
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He assisted [[Shibata Katsuie]] with suppressing [[Kaga Ikki|Kaga monto]] in [[1580]], and defeated [[Asai Kagetaka]] at [[Nanao castle|Nanao]], for which Nobunaga granted him land in Kajima in Noto. He was also subsequently granted land confiscated from the [[Isurugi Shrine]] in [[Echizen province|Echizen]]. The following year he became a ''[[yoriki]]'' for [[Maeda Toshiie]], and after the [[Honnoji Incident|Honnôji Incident]], he became a vassal.
==References==
==References==
* Initial text from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
* Initial text from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
* [[Sengoku Jinmei Jiten]]
* [[Sengoku Jinmei Jiten]]
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* "[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%95%B7%E9%80%A3%E7%AB%9C Chô Tsuratatsu]." ''Asahi Nippon rekishi jinbutsu jiten'' 朝日日本歴史人物事典 (Asahi Encyclopedia of Japanese Historical Figures). Accessed via Kotobank.jp, 4 January 2011.
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