Changes

He resisted his father's plans to have him become a Buddhist monk, and was then given over to the care and instruction of Padre Francisco Cabral, Superior of the [[Jesuit]] mission. In [[1575]], Chikaie was baptized and given the name Sebastião; he later abandoned [[Christianity]], however, in part on the advice of Sôrin's wife, a woman known only by the Jesuits' epithet for her - [[Otomo Nata Jezebel|Jezebel]] - and of other elites in his social circles.

He resisted his father's plans to have him become a Buddhist monk, and was then given over to the care and instruction of Padre Francisco Cabral, Superior of the [[Jesuit]] mission. In [[1575]], Chikaie was baptized and given the name Sebastião; he later abandoned [[Christianity]], however, in part on the advice of Sôrin's wife, a woman known only by the Jesuits' epithet for her - [[Otomo Nata Jezebel|Jezebel]] - and of other elites in his social circles.

In [[1579]], he was adopted as heir into the Tawara family. Around [[1586]] he feuded with his brother [[Otomo Yoshimune|Yoshimune]] and was accused of colluding with the [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]]. After [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi Hideyoshi's]] armies had driven back the Shimazu, Hideyoshi wanted to execute Chikaie but was convinced by Sôrin to instead deprive him of his domain.  

In [[1579]], he was adopted as heir by his uncle [[Tawara Chikakata]] ("Jezebel's" brother). Around [[1586]] he feuded with his brother [[Otomo Yoshimune|Ôtomo Yoshimune]] and was accused of colluding with the [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]]. After [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi Hideyoshi's]] armies had driven back the Shimazu, Hideyoshi wanted to execute Chikaie but was convinced by Sôrin to instead deprive him of his domain.  

==References==

==References==

{{biodict}}

{{biodict}}

*Haruko Nawata Ward, ''Women Religious Leaders in Japan's Christian Century'', Ashgate (2009), 115-116.

*Haruko Nawata Ward, ''Women Religious Leaders in Japan's Christian Century'', Ashgate (2009), 115-116, 119.

[[Category:Christians]]

[[Category:Christians]]

[[Category:Samurai]]

[[Category:Samurai]]

[[Category:Sengoku Period]]

[[Category:Sengoku Period]]