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*''Japanese'': 長 ''(Chou)''

*''Japanese'': [[長]]氏 ''(Chou-shi)''

The Chô were one of the [[Eight Families (Kanazawa)|Eight Families]] (''hakka'') of prominent [[Maeda clan]] retainers in [[Edo period]] [[Kanazawa]].

The Chô were one of the [[Eight Families (Kanazawa)|Eight Families]] (''hakka'') of prominent [[Maeda clan]] retainers in [[Edo period]] [[Kanazawa]]. The family's name derived from an abbreviation, taking just the first [[kanji]] from the name of the [[Hasebe clan]], from whom the Chô were descended.<ref name=tsuratatsu>"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%95%B7%E9%80%A3%E7%AB%9C Chô Tsuratatsu]." ''Asahi Nippon rekishi jinbutsu jiten'' 朝日日本歴史人物事典 ("Asahi Encyclopedia of Japanese Historical Figures"). Accessed via Kotobank.jp, 4 January 2010.</ref>

 

[[Cho Hisatsura|Chô Hisatsura]], head of the family in [[1600]], was counted among the high-ranking retainers to [[Maeda Toshiie]]. He was granted a residence within the [[Kanazawa castle|castle]] walls sometime around that year, though the Chô, along with a number of other prized retainers, were moved outside the castle walls shortly afterwards, in the 1610s. At this time, the new Chô residence was established just outside the outer moat, to the west of the castle, guarding the northwest approach<ref>McClain. p35.</ref>.

[[Cho Hisatsura|Chô Hisatsura]], head of the family in [[1600]], was counted among the high-ranking retainers to [[Maeda Toshiie]]. He was granted a residence within the [[Kanazawa castle|castle]] walls sometime around that year, though the Chô, along with a number of other prized retainers, were moved outside the castle walls shortly afterwards, in the 1610s. At this time, the new Chô residence was established just outside the outer moat, to the west of the castle, guarding the northwest approach<ref>McClain. p35.</ref>.