Chikamasa Ikoma

Japanese: 生駒親正 - いこま・ちかまさ

Year of death: February 13, 1603 (March 25, 1603)
Year of birth: 1526
A military commander in the Sengoku and early Edo periods. Nicknamed Jinsuke, his official title was Gagaku no Kami. His name was Masanari, Kinsei, Chikanori, and Chikanori, before finally taking the name Chikamasa. He was the son of Ikoma Chikaju of Tsuchida, Mino Province. His mother was from the Sone clan of Mino. In 1566, he served Oda Nobunaga, and later followed Toyotomi Hideyoshi, serving in Hideyoshi's major battles, such as the Siege of Saika, the Battle of Yamazaki, and the Battle of Shizugatake, and distinguished himself in battle. During this time, he was given 23,000 koku of Takashima in Omi Province and 60,000 koku of Ako in Harima Province, before being given the province of Sanuki and building Takamatsu Castle. In the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, he fought on the Western side out of Hideyoshi's kindness, and later retired to Makio in Yamashiro Province. However, he was pardoned because his son Kazumasa was on the Eastern side.

(Tetsuo Owada)

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Japanese:

没年：慶長8.2.13(1603.3.25)
生年：大永6(1526)
戦国・江戸初期の武将。通称は甚助,官途は雅楽頭。名を正成,近世,近規,近親と変え,最後に親正と名乗った。美濃国土田の生駒親重の子。母は美濃の曾根氏。永禄9(1566)年,織田信長に仕え,のち豊臣秀吉に従って,雑賀攻め,山崎の戦,賤ケ岳の戦など,秀吉の主な戦いに従軍して戦功をあげた。その間,近江国高島2万3000石,播磨国赤穂6万石などを経て,讃岐一国を与えられて高松城を築いている。慶長5(1600)年の関ケ原の戦では,秀吉の旧恩から西軍に属し出兵,のち山城国槙尾に隠退した。しかし子一正が東軍についていたので許されている。

(小和田哲男)

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