Morichika Chosokabe - Morichika Chosokabe

A feudal lord in the Azuchi-Momoyama period. Tosa no Kami. Born in Okatoyo, Nagaoka County, Tosa Province (Nankoku City, Kochi Prefecture) as the fourth son of Motochika. His childhood name was Chikumamaru. Uemon Taro. He was determined to be the heir after his older brother Nobuchika died in battle, and after Motochika's death in 1599 (Keicho 4), he took over as head of the family and ruled the entire Tosa province. He served in the Odawara Expedition and the Bunroku-Keicho Wars, and was defeated in the Battle of Sekigahara. After returning home, he apologized to Tokugawa Ieyasu through Ii Naomasa. However, he incurred Ieyasu's wrath for killing his older brother, Tsuno Chikatada, and had his territory confiscated.

After coming to Kyoto, he lived in seclusion in Yanagigazushi in Kamitachiuri (Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City) and took the name Oiwa Yumu, spending 14 years as a teacher at a temple school. He entered Osaka Castle during the Winter Siege of Osaka, and during the Summer Siege he marched to Yao and fought against Todo Takatora, but was outflanked by the army of Ii Naotaka and retreated. After the fall of Osaka Castle, he was captured by a retainer of Hachisuka, and was killed on May 15, 1615 at Rokujo-gawara in Kyoto. His posthumous name was Gen'o Sohon. He was buried at Renko-ji Temple in Gojo-ji-cho, Kyoto (Shimogyo Ward). The Chosokabe clan was wiped out with Morichika as the last of them.

[Yamamoto Dai]

"Yamamoto Dai's 'Chosokabe Motochika' (1960, Yoshikawa Kobunkan)"

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安土(あづち)桃山時代の大名。土佐守(とさのかみ)。元親(もとちか)の四男で、土佐国長岡郡岡豊(おこう)（高知県南国(なんこく)市）に生まれる。幼名千熊丸(ちくままる)。右衛門(うえもん)太郎。兄信親(のぶちか)の戦死により後嗣(こうし)と決定、1599年（慶長4）元親の没後、家督を継ぎ土佐一国を領した。小田原征伐、文禄(ぶんろく)・慶長(けいちょう)の役に従軍し、関ヶ原の戦いで敗れ、帰国後、井伊直政(いいなおまさ)を通じて徳川家康にわびた。しかし実兄の津野親忠(ちかただ)を殺したため家康の怒りに触れ領国を没収された。

　上洛(じょうらく)後、上立売(かみたちうり)の柳ヶ厨子(ずし)（京都市上京(かみぎょう)区）に屏居(へいきょ)し大岩祐夢(たいがんゆうむ)と号し、寺子屋の師匠をして14年を過ごした。大坂冬の陣に大坂へ入城、夏の陣で八尾(やお)方面に出陣して藤堂高虎(とうどうたかとら)と戦ったが、井伊直孝(なおたか)の軍に側面をつかれて敗走した。大坂落城後、蜂須賀(はちすか)の家臣のために捕らえられ、慶長(けいちょう)20年5月15日京都六条河原で斬(き)られた。法号は源翁宗本(げんおうそうほん)。京都五条寺町連光寺（下京区）に葬られる。長宗我部氏は盛親を最後に滅亡した。

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『山本大著『長宗我部元親』（1960・吉川弘文館）』

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