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Tawara Chikakata was a retainer to the [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo clan]] in the mid-to-late 16th century.
Born the son of [[Nata Akimoto]], high priest of [[Usa Hachiman Shrine]], Chikakata was adopted by [[Tawara Chikamoto]]. At the recommendation of his uncle [[Takita Akio]], he was able to become a close confidant to the young [[Otomo Sorin|Ôtomo Sôrin]].
In part as a result of this connection, around [[1545]], at age 15, Sôrin married Chikakata's sister, a woman known to us today only by her epithet in [[Jesuit]] records, as "[[Otomo Nata Jezebel|Jezebel]]." Chikakata later adopted the second son of Sôrin and "Jezebel," [[Otomo Chikaie|Ôtomo Chikaie]], as his own heir, and later their third son, [[Otomo Chikamori|Ôtomo Chikamori]], as well. Another of Chikakata's adopted sons, [[Tawara Chikatsura]], created a scandal among the Ôtomo and Tawara families when he converted to [[Christianity]].
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==References==
*Haruko Nawata Ward, ''Women Religious Leaders in Japan's Christian Century'', Ashgate (2009), 115-123.
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