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| Ōkubo Tadayo | |
| Born: | 1531 |
|---|---|
| Place of Birth: | Unknown |
| Died: | 1594 |
| Cause of Death: | Unknown |
| Place of Death: | Unknown |
| Style name: | 大久保 忠世 |
| Served: | Ōkubo Tokugawa |
| Participation(s): | Battle of Anegawa Battle of Mikatagahara Battle of Nagashino Siege of Takatenjin (1581) Battle of Komaki and Nagakute Siege of Ueda castle (1585) |
Ōkubo Tadayo (大久保 忠世), was a retainer of the Tokugawa clan.
Biography[]
Ōkubo Tadayo, the eldest son of Ōkubo Tadakazu, was a retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu and participated in his military campaigns, including the Battle of Anegawa.[1]
In 1572, during the Battle of Mikatagahara, Ōkubo Tadayo alongside Amano Yasukage, launched a surprise night attack on a stationed Takeda camp near Hamamatsu castle, under the control of Yamagata Masakage and Baba Nobuharu. This attack successfully forced the Takeda to withdraw their forces.[2] Ōkubo Tadayo is credited with constructing a deceptive cloth bridge across a ravine on the plains of Mikatagahara. During the battle, Takeda troops and horses attempted to cross the false bridge, only to fall into the ravine below, where Tokugawa forces opened fire upon them as they lay trapped. The site of this incident is still known today as Nuno no Hashi (Cloth Bridge).[3]
In 1575, at the Battle of Nagashino, Tadayo would once again square off against the Takeda's Yamagata Masakage, triggering the first major hand-to-hand engagement of the battle.[4]
In 1580, following the birth of Tokugawa Hidetada, Ōkubo Tadayo was appointed as his guardian.[5]
In 1581, during the Siege of Takatenjin, Ōkubo Tadayo distinguished himself in combat by taking sixty-four enemy heads from the Takeda forces.[6]
In 1584, during the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute, Ōkubo Tadayo held the position of captain of Tokugawa Ieyasu’s bodyguard.[7]
In 1585, Ōkubo Tadayo alongside Torii Mototada, laid siege to Ueda Castle, with a force of 7,000 troops.[8]
In 1590, as recognition of his service, Tadayo was granted the fief of Odawara, with a stipend valued at 45,000 koku.[9]
Sources[]
- ↑ Shogun: The Life and Times of Tokugawa Ieyasu, A.L. Sadler, p. 198.
- ↑ Samurai Source book, Stephen Turnbull pg. 223
- ↑ War in Japan 1467-1615, Stephen Turnbull, pg. 49
- ↑ Samurai Source book, Stephen Turnbull pg. 179
- ↑ Shogun: The Life and Times of Tokugawa Ieyasu, A.L. Sadler, p. 198.
- ↑ Gyūichi Ōta, The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga, Brill’s Japanese Studies Library, vol. 36, ed. and trans. Jurgis S. A. Elisonas and Jeroen P. Lamers, p. 396
- ↑ Shogun: The Life and Times of Tokugawa Ieyasu, A.L. Sadler, p. 198.
- ↑ Shogun: The Life and Times of Tokugawa Ieyasu, A.L. Sadler, p. 153
- ↑ Samurai Source book, Stephen Turnbull pg. 70