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* ''Died: [[1578]]''
* ''Sons: [[Tsuchimochi Hisatsuna]], [[Tsuchimochi Chikanobu]]''
* ''Distinction: [[Hyuga province|Hyûga]] warlord, [[Ito clan|Itô]] retainer''


Chikanari was a [[daimyo|daimyô]] of Hyûga and held [[Matsuo castle]]. He came to accept the authority of [[Ito Yoshisuke|Itô Yoshisuke]]. In [[1578]] he sided with the invading [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] and was afterwards besieged by the [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo]] in their campaign to subdue Hyûga that same year. When the Shimazu were unable to arrive in time, Chikanari was forced to commit suicide and his lands were given to Ôtomo retainers.

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