Chōsokabe Nobuchika

Chōsokabe Nobuchika (長宗我部信親, 1565 January 1, 1587) was the eldest son of samurai lord Chōsokabe Motochika, and lived during the late Sengoku period of Japanese history.

Portrait of Chōsokabe Nobuchika from Utagawa Yoshiiku's Heroes of the Taiheiki

After the subjugation of Shikoku by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Nobuchika and his father followed the Toyotomi into Kyushu Campaign. Nobuchika was caught in an ambush during the campaign against the Shimazu in Battle of Hetsugigawa and died.[1][2]

Family

References

  1. Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co. p. 237. ISBN 9781854095237.
  2. "戸次川の戦い 長宗我部元親・信親の無念" (in Japanese). Web歴史街道. Retrieved 25 July 2019.


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