chikazane

Updated: July 28, 2026

WHEN the Taira sept was shattered finally at Dan-no-ura, a baby grandson of Kiyomori was carried by its mother to the hamlet of Tsuda, in Omi province. Subsequently this child, Chikazane, was adopted by a Shinto official of Oda, in Echizen, and thus acquired the name of Oda. From that time the fortunes of the family became brighter.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era