Andou Chikasue

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**Andou Chikasue**  (安東 (あんどう)愛季 (ちかすえ), *****Andou Chikasue*****? Andou Chikasue) is the current head (Sen5,7) of the Andou Clan. She serves as a recruitable general since Sengoku Hime 5, and has appeared in Sengoku Hime 6.

## Introduction

**Sengoku Hime 5:**Ando family vassal. Contrary to his mature appearance, he is a warrior with great wisdom, who is said to be "like being in the northern heavens of the Big Dipper". She is usually moderate, but everyone who sees her seriously angry closes her mouth and doesn't talk about it ...

デザイナー：譲葉ＣＶ：神村ひな

**Sengoku Hime 7:** The head of the Ando family.
He is diligent and interacts with everyone.
He fights, of course, if necessary, but basically he doesn't like fighting and wants to settle peacefully if possible.
He often acts with someone, and I don't see him alone.

演者:新堂真弓
安東家の当主。
筆まめで、あらゆる人物と交流を持っている。
必要であればもちろん戦うが、基本的に戦は好きではなく、できれば平和的に解決したいという考えの持ち主。
よく誰かと行動しており、一人でいる姿はあまり見かけない。

## Historial Infomation

Andō Chikasue (安東 愛季, 1539 – October 2, 1587) was a Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period, who was a powerful figure in the north half of Dewa Province. Chikasue was the son of Andō Kiyosue.

Chikasue united Hiyama Ando and Minato Ando family who had been divided. And he obtained some mines, and ruled the Akita port directly. He changed the name of the clan from Andō to Akita, and was extolled as being like the Big Dipper in the northern sky. However, he died of sickness immediately before the unification of the north half of Dewa Province.

He was succeeded by his son Akita Sanesue.

In 1539, Chikasue was born as the son of Andō Kiyosue, a sengoku daimyō in Dewa Province.
Chikasue unified the Hiyama and Minato branches of the Andō clan which had been separated since the early Muromachi period. His superior abilities enabled Chikasue to raise the Andō clan to the status of a sengoku daimyō family. There are assorted theories regarding the details of the unification which remain uncertain, but it is surmised that, on the basis of marital relationships and alliances made through adoption, the Hiyama in fact absorbed the Minato branch of the family.
For a long period, the Hiyama-Andō quarreled with the Hinai-Asari clan, kokujin, or provincial landowners, based in the Hinai District who operated semi-autonomously. In the era of Chikasue, after Asari Norisuke betrayed his younger brother, Asari Katsuyori (who was conspiring with the Andō), Chikasue attacked Norisuke at Ogita-Nagaoka Castle whereupon Norisuke took his own life. Thereafter, Katsuyori came under the command of Chikasue and the Andō expanded their power. From 1564, the Andō invaded the territory of the Nanbu clan with the aim of garnering control of the Kazuno District, but, in 1569, were blocked by Nanbu Harumasa.
With respect to the governance of trade, the Minato-Andō permitted the local daimyō and kokujin from the upstream Omono River Basin to pay low harbor fees. By regulating trade in the harbor, Chikasue was able to implement controls on river commerce in addition to overseas trade including with the northern areas occupied by the Ezo people. Chikasue renovated the Tsuchizaki Harbor and built the greatest harbor settlement in Japan. He also bolstered controls with respect to the neighboring kokujin.
The controls imposed by Chikasue, however, led to resistance. In 1570, Toshima Kyūshin and his allies launched the Second Minato Disturbance. The Daihōji clan demonstrated support for the Toshima by marching to the Yuri District situated along the coastline. In this series of conflicts, with the benefit of the self-destruction of Daihōji Yoshiuji (a daimyō and the seventeenth head of the Daihōji clan), the Andō family prevailed while a majority of the Yuri District came under the control of Chikasue. At this time, the Andō forces crossed over Mount Misaki and invaded Sakata.
From 1573 to 1582, Chikasue maintained friendly relations with Oda Nobunaga by sending a tribute every year. After the death of Nobunaga in 1582, Chikasue continued the practice by promoting good relations with Hashiba Hideyoshi, making frequent contact with the central authorities.
On 7/22 of Tenshō 5 (1577), he was conferred the title of Junior Fifth Rank (Lower) and, on 8/13 of Tenshō 8 (1580), he was promoted to Junior Fifth Rank (Upper) and Chamberlain. Chikasue is considered to have ushered in the era of peak prosperity for the Andō clan. In his later years, he changed his surname from Andō to Akita.
In 1582, he arranged for Matsumae Yoshihiro to murder Asari Katsuyori. He then assigned Isonome Hidekane to serve as his representative in the former territory of the Asari clan in the Hinai District and had him reside in Ōdate Castle. He nearly unified the shoreline area of northern Dewa and advanced inland to challenge the Tozawa clan for control of the Omono River Basin. In 1587, however, when battling against Tozawa Moriyasu, the lord of Kakunodate Castle, Chikasue died of illness while on deployment along the Yodo River in Senboku.
An entry dated 2/28 of Eiroku 8 (1565) in the diary of Luís Fróis, a Jesuit missionary from Portugal who resided in Japan during this period, notes “In the far north of Japan, approximately 300 leagues from the capital, there is a great province where the residents wear fur from wild animals, have hair over their entire bodies, and long hair on their heads and faces, living like the southern barbarians. There is a large city called Akita in an area near Yezo (the northern part of Japan inhabited by non-Yamato people referred to as Ezo or Emishi). The people come to trade in numerous settlements while the residents of Akita periodically head toward Yezo.” After engaging in trade with the Ezo for generations, it can be surmised that, after unification with the Minato-Andō, the Hiyama-Andō continued trade with the northern peoples.

**Father:** Andō Kiyosue 安東舜季

**Mother:** Daughter of Andō Takasue 安東堯季

**Sibling(s):** **Chikasue**, Harusue 春季 (Tomosue 友季), Shigesue 茂季, Suetaka 季隆, Suekata 季堅

**Spouse(s):** [Formal] Daughter of Sagoshi Munenobu 砂越宗順, [Consort] Daughter of Hatakeyama Kiyonobu 畠山清信

**Children:** Narisue 業季, Akita-no-tsubone 秋田局, Sanesue 実季, Hidesue 英季, Suekatsu 季勝, daughter (formal wife of Namioka Akimura 浪岡顕村)