Ichijō Kanesada

* Sen7
* Sen2

**Ichijō Kanesada**  (一条 (いちじょう)兼定 (かねさだ), *****Ichijō Kanesada*****? Ichijō Kanesada) is the current head (Sen2) or successor (Sen7) of the Ichijou Clan. He/She serves as a recruitable general since Sengoku Hime 2, and has appeared in Sengoku Hime 7.

## Introduction

**Sengoku Hime 2:**The head of the Ichijo family. He has an extremely harsh personality, believing that his safety as a public house is promised, even in times of turbulence, and his feelings from other daimyo. There is a large gap.
Although he is not ill-intentioned, he spends a lot of money on buying useless things, so I don't think he is evaluated by his vassals.
He is completely unaware of the feelings of such a vassal. He is a member of the Nanban Shinto religion and claims to be the missionary name Paul.

一条家の当主。乱世の時代にあっても、公家である自分の安全は約束されているものと信じて疑わないという、極めて 能天気な性格をしており、他の大名からすると感覚が大幅にズレている。
本人に悪気はないものの、無駄なものを購入したりなどで散財を重ねているため、家臣団などからの評価は思わしくないが、
そんな家臣団の心情にも全く気付いていない。南蛮神教に入信しており、パウロという宣教名を名乗っている。

**Sengoku Hime 7:** The only son of Fusamoto Ichijo.
Growing up with the love of his mother, he grew up without knowing how to express himself.
However, he becomes aware that he will meet the Protestantism of Nanban and leave his mother.
Once separated from his mother, Kanesada will continue to flee with his mother as a target of fear.

演者:金田馬男
一条房基の一人息子。
母の偏愛を受けて育ったため、自己表現の仕方がよくわからないまま成長してしまった。
しかし、南蛮新教に出会い母の元から離れるという意識をもつことが出来るようになる。
一度母から離れた兼定は、母を恐怖の対象とし逃げ続けることになる。

## Historial Infomation

Ichijō Kanesada (一条 兼定, 1543 – July 27, 1585) was the succeeding ruling head over Ichijō family's Tosa Province, throughout the late Sengoku period of Feudal Japan.
He was a Christian and had baptismal name Don Paulo (ドン・パウロ, Don Pauro).

In 1558, Kanesada married a daughter of Toyotsuna UTSUNOMIYA of Iyo Province. In 1564, he divorced and married a daughter of Yoshishige OTOMO (Sorin) and allied with the Otomo clan. In 1568, he expanded into Iyo by supporting Toyotsuna UTSUNOMIYA. However, he had suffered a crushing defeat in the battle against the Kono clan that had reinforcements from the Mori clan. In addition, Kanesada had drifted apart from the head family of the Ichijo clan in Kyoto.
Since the influence of Motochika CHOSOKABE was increasing in that period, Kanesada and his brother-in-law Kunitora AKI attempted to defeat Motochika together. In the following 1569, however, Kunitora was defeated by Motochika. Thereafter, the Chosokabe clan encroached Kanesada's territory. In addition, he killed his chief retainer Sosan DOI on a false charge which made other retainers lose their trust in him, and it drove him to continue misconduct. Other three chief retainers Habu, Tamematsu, Anami, and others reached an agreement to force Kanesada to retire in September, 1573, at the age of thirty-one, and he was expelled to Usuki in Bungo Province in 1574, where he depended on the Otomo clan. The lord of Kakumi-jo Castle, Saemon KAKUMI felt resentful about the expulsion of Kanesada to Bungo. Saemon KAKUMI plotted to take up arms together with Sakyoshin OKI, Yagiemon OTSUKA, Genba EGUCHI, Izumi HASHIMOTO, and the like, who had always been antagonistic toward old retainers of the ICHIJO clan, and attacked Nakamura and subjugated the old retainers. Taking advantage of the disturbance, Motochika captured Nakamura in the name of suppression of the rebellion.
In 1575, Kanesada came to believe in Christianity and was baptized by missionary John Cabral. Kanesada's Christian name was Don Paul. In July of the same year, Kanesada, with support from the Otomo clan, made an attack on the Tosa Province in an attempt to revive his clan. He suffered a crushing defeat in the Battle of Shimanto, which completely ruined the Tosa Ichijo clan as Sengoku daimyo (Japanese territorial lord in the Sengoku period).

**Father:** 一条房基, 一条房通 (Adopted)

**Mother:** 大友義鑑の娘

**Sibling(s):** **兼定**、女子（伊東義益室）、女子（安芸国虎室）

**Spouse(s):**正室：宇都宮豊綱の娘、継室：ジュスタ (大友義鎮の長女)

**Children:**内政、按察使局、マダレイナ