Cho Tsuratatsu

• Born: 1546
• Died: 1619
• Other name: Kurozaemon
• Japanese: 長 連竜 (Chou Tsuratatsu)

Tsuratatsu was the second son of Cho Tsugutsura. He was at first a monk, but returned to secular life in 1577 after the death of his father and older brother and joined Oda Nobunaga. He assisted Shibata Katsuie with suppressing Kaga monto in 1580 and was subsequently granted land confiscated from the Isurugi Shrine in Echizen. That same year he became a Yoriki for Maeda Toshiie, and after the Honnoji Incident, he became a vassal.

References

• Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
• Sengoku Jinmei Jiten