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* ''Birth: [[1575]]''
* ''Death: [[1615]]''
* ''Titles: Gunai Shôsuke''
Morichika was the 4th son of [[Chosokabe Motochika|Chôsokabe Motochika]]. He was named the heir to the Chôsokabe following [[Chosokabe Nobuchika|Chôsokabe Nobuchika's]] death in [[1587]] and fought in the [[Odawara campaign|Odawara]] ([[1590]]) and 1st Korean Campaigns (1592-93). He sided with [[Ishida Mitsunari]] in [[1600]] and commanded 6,600 men at [[Sekigahara campaign|Sekigahara]] (though he saw very little action) and was afterwards deprived of his fief despite sending an apology to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. That same year, he had ordered the execution of his elder brother [[Tsuno Chikatada]], who had questioned his right to be Motochika's heir. After losing [[Tosa province|Tosa]], Morichika lived quietly in Kyoto until [[1614]], at which time he went to join the defenders of [[Osaka Castle]], arriving there the same day as Sanada Yukimura. His Chôsokabe contingent fought very well in both the [[Osaka Winter Campaign|Winter]] and Summer Campaigns. After the fall of Osaka, Morichika attempted to flee but was apprehended at Hachiman-yama by Hachisuka men and was beheaded in Kyoto along with a number of his sons. He had assisted his father with the preparation of the Chôsokabe-shi okitegaki ([[100-Article Code of the Chosokabe]]) in 1596 Sons: Moritaka (d.1615), Morinobu (d.1615), Moriyasu (d.1615)
==References==
* Initial text from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
* ''Death: [[1615]]''
* ''Titles: Gunai Shôsuke''
Morichika was the 4th son of [[Chosokabe Motochika|Chôsokabe Motochika]]. He was named the heir to the Chôsokabe following [[Chosokabe Nobuchika|Chôsokabe Nobuchika's]] death in [[1587]] and fought in the [[Odawara campaign|Odawara]] ([[1590]]) and 1st Korean Campaigns (1592-93). He sided with [[Ishida Mitsunari]] in [[1600]] and commanded 6,600 men at [[Sekigahara campaign|Sekigahara]] (though he saw very little action) and was afterwards deprived of his fief despite sending an apology to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. That same year, he had ordered the execution of his elder brother [[Tsuno Chikatada]], who had questioned his right to be Motochika's heir. After losing [[Tosa province|Tosa]], Morichika lived quietly in Kyoto until [[1614]], at which time he went to join the defenders of [[Osaka Castle]], arriving there the same day as Sanada Yukimura. His Chôsokabe contingent fought very well in both the [[Osaka Winter Campaign|Winter]] and Summer Campaigns. After the fall of Osaka, Morichika attempted to flee but was apprehended at Hachiman-yama by Hachisuka men and was beheaded in Kyoto along with a number of his sons. He had assisted his father with the preparation of the Chôsokabe-shi okitegaki ([[100-Article Code of the Chosokabe]]) in 1596 Sons: Moritaka (d.1615), Morinobu (d.1615), Moriyasu (d.1615)
==References==
* Initial text from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
