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==Early Life==

==Early Life==

[[Image:Chosokabe_motochika.jpg||thumb|right|Chôsokabe Motochika.]]  

[[Image:Chosokabe_motochika.jpg||thumb|right|Chôsokabe Motochika.]]  

Daimyô of the [[Chosokabe clan|Chosokabe]] family and eventual vassal to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], Motochika rose to rule Tosa and, for a short time, the whole of Shikoku. The Chosokabe were respected Jito (deputy administrators) of Tosa from the 12th century and entered the 16th Century as vassals of the [[Ichijo clan|Ichijô Clan]], who were based in western Tosa.  

Daimyô of the [[Chosokabe clan|Chosokabe]] family and eventual vassal to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], Motochika rose to rule Tosa and, for a short time, the whole of Shikoku. The Chosokabe were respected [[Jito]] (deputy administrators) of Tosa from the 12th century and entered the 16th Century as vassals of the [[Ichijo clan|Ichijô Clan]], who were based in western Tosa.  

Motochika was born at [[Oko castle|Okô castle]] in the Nagaoka district of Tosa, the eldest son of [[Chosokabe Kunichika|Chôsokabe Kunichika]] ([[1503]]-[[1560]]). Motochika was a quiet youth and his father was said to have fretted about the boy's gentle nature (he seems to have been nicknamed Himewako, or 'Little Princess' by his father's vassals); Kunichika's worries evaporated when Motochika later proved himself a skilled and brave warrior during his first battle against the [[Motoyama clan]] in 1560, at the [[Battle of Tonomoto]].  

Motochika was born at [[Oko castle|Okô castle]] in the Nagaoka district of Tosa, the eldest son of [[Chosokabe Kunichika|Chôsokabe Kunichika]] ([[1503]]-[[1560]]). Motochika was a quiet youth and his father was said to have fretted about the boy's gentle nature (he seems to have been nicknamed Himewako, or 'Little Princess' by his father's vassals); Kunichika's worries evaporated when Motochika later proved himself a skilled and brave warrior during his first battle against the [[Motoyama clan]] in 1560, at the [[Battle of Tonomoto]].