Ōkubo Tadayo
Ōkubo Tadayo | |
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Lord of Odawara | |
In office 1590–1594 | |
Succeeded by | Ōkubo Tadachika |
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Born | 1532 Okazaki, Aichi |
Died | October 28, 1594 Odawara, Kanagawa |
Nickname | "Shinjuro" |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() |
Commands | Futamata Castle, Komoro Castle Odawara Castle |
Battles/wars | Battle of Mikatagahara (1573) Battle of Nagashino (1575) Siege of Odawara (1590) |
Ōkubo Tadayo (
Biography
Ōkubo Tadayo was the eldest son of Ōkubo Tadakazu, a hereditary retainer of the Tokugawa clan. He was born in what is now part of the city of Okazaki in Mikawa Province. Tadayo nicknamed is Shinjuro (
In 1573, at Battle of Mikatagahara, Ōkubo Tadayo along with Amano Yasukage led a small band of about one hundred Tokugawa foot soldiers and 16 matchlock gunners attacked the Takeda camp,[1] throwing the vanguard of the Takeda army into confusion.
Tadayo accompanied Tokugawa Ieyasu in all of his campaigns, including in the Battle of Nagashino (1575).[2]
Upon the assassination of Oda Nobunaga in 1582, Ieyasu expanded his rule into Shinano Province, with Ōkubo Tadayo assigned to managing the campaign from his base at Komoro Castle.
After the Battle of Odawara (1590), Ieyasu was transferred from the Tōkai region to the provinces of the Kantō region. Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered that Ōkubo Tadayo be raised at that point to the status of daimyō, and was assigned the fief of Odawara, with an income of 45,000 koku. He continued to rule in Odawara until his death in 1594, and was succeeded by his son, Ōkubo Tadachika.
References
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
Further reading
- Mitsugi Kuniteru
三津木 國 輝 (1980). Odawara jōshu Ōkubo Tadayo - Tadachika小田原 城主 大久保 忠世 ・忠隣 . Tokyo: Meichoshuppan名著 出版 . (OCLC 62397087)