Chikayoshi was a trusted retainer of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], and acted as a tutor to his eldest son [[Tokugawa Nobuyasu|Nobuyasu]] (who was later made to commit suicide). He fought at [[Battle of Nagashino|Nagashino]] in [[1575]] and later took part in the failed expedition against the [[Sanada clan|Sanada]] ([[1585]]). He was given a 30,000-koku fief at Umabayashi in [[Kozuke province|Kôzuke province]] in [[1590]]. He was later named as guardian of [[Tokugawa Yoshinao]].
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Chikayoshi was a son of [[Hiraiwa Chikashige]] and trusted retainer of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], and acted as a tutor to his eldest son [[Tokugawa Nobuyasu|Nobuyasu]] (who was later made to commit suicide). He fought at [[Battle of Nagashino|Nagashino]] in [[1575]] and later took part in the failed expedition against the [[Sanada clan|Sanada]] ([[1585]]). He was given a 30,000 ''[[koku]]'' fief at Umabayashi in [[Kozuke province|Kôzuke province]] in [[1590]].
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Chikayoshi later became tutor to [[Tokugawa Yoshinao]], when Yoshinao was made lord of [[Kai province|Kai]] in [[1603]]; when Yoshinao was removed to [[Owari province]], Chikayoshi was made lord of [[Inuyama castle]], with an income of 100,000 ''koku''.
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* Initial text from [http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com] FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
* Initial text from [http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com] FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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*Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 304n130.