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The Tawara family were vassals of the [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo clan]] of [[Bungo province]]. Prominent in the mid-16th century, they suffered a severe decline in the 1580s. Several of the family's heads or other prominent members were adopted from the [[Nata family]], high priests of [[Usa Hachiman Shrine]], and several intermarried with or were otherwise very close with the Ôtomo family. In the early to mid-16th century, many members of the Tawara family held high positions in the Ôtomo government and armies, including as ministers of religion and generals in the Ôtomo army.
[[Tawara Chikakata]], the adopted son of [[Tawara Chikamoto]], was one notable member of the Tawara family. Adopted from the Nata family of Usa Hachiman, he became a close confidant to [[Otomo Sorin|Ôtomo Sôrin]] in the 1540s, when Sôrin was still a teenager. Sôrin then married Chikakata's [[Otomo Nata Jezebel|sister from the Nata family]], and Chikakata later adopted two of their sons - [[Otomo Chikaie|Ôtomo Chikaie]] and [[Otomo Chikamoto|Ôtomo Chikamori]] - as his own. Chikakata's own sons included [[Tawara Chikatsuna]], who created a scandal when he converted to [[Christianity]] against the wishes of his father and aunt.
The Tawara played a key role in Ôtomo campaigns of the [[Sengoku period]], including for example the [[1578]] [[Battle of Mimigawa]], where Tawara Chikakata led Sôrin's armies against the [[Shimazu clan]].
In [[1580]], however, [[Tawara Chikahiro]] and [[Tawara Chikatsune]], along with [[Takita Shosetsu|Takita Shôsetsu]] and others, led a rebellion against the Ôtomo and were defeated and killed, marking the beginning of a severe decline in power and prominence for the clan.
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==References==
*Haruko Nawata Ward, ''Women Religious Leaders in Japan's Christian Century'', Ashgate (2009), 115-124.
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