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* ''Birth: [[1567]]?''

* ''Birth: [[1567]]?''

* ''Death: [[1587]]''

* ''Death: [[1587]]''

* ''Other name: Kagawa Chikakazu''

* ''Other name: Kagawa Chikakazu'' (香川 親和)

* ''Japanese:''長宗我部 親和(Chosokabe Chikakazu) or 香川 親和(Kagawa Chikakazu)

* Japanese: 長宗我部 親和 ''(Chousokabe Chikakazu)''

 

Chikakazu was the second son of [[Chosokabe Motochika|Chôsokabe Motochika]] and in [[1581]] became the head of the Kagawa family, succeeding [[Kagawa Nobukage]]. He was given [[Amagiri castle]] in [[Sanuki province]]. When his elder brother [[Chosokabe Nobuchika|Nobuchika]] was killed in [[1586]], Chikakazu was a potential heir to the Chosokabe house, and in fact [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] gave his approval for Chikakazu to be named as Motochika's successor. In the event, Motochika elected not to obey Hideyoshi in this and instead named his 4th son, [[Chosokabe Morichika|Morichika]], heir. Despondant and bitter, Chikakazu withdrew from active life and died the following year. Actually, one story goes that it was specifically because of Chikakazu's weak constitution that Motochika had him given to another house and not kept on as a possible heir.

Chikakazu was the second son of [[Chosokabe Motochika|Chôsokabe Motochika]] and in [[1581]] became the head of the Kagawa family, succeeding [[Kagawa Nobukage]]. He was given [[Amagiri castle]] in [[Sanuki province]]. When his elder brother [[Chosokabe Nobuchika|Nobuchika]] was killed in [[1586]], Chikakazu was a potential heir to the Chosokabe house, and in fact [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] gave his approval for Chikakazu to be named as Motochika's successor. In the event, Motochika elected not to obey Hideyoshi in this and instead named his 4th son, [[Chosokabe Morichika|Morichika]], heir. Despondant and bitter, Chikakazu withdrew from active life and died the following year. Actually, one story goes that it was specifically because of Chikakazu's weak constitution that Motochika had him given to another house and not kept on as a possible heir.