Ōkubo Tadasuke (大久保 忠佐, 1537 – 9 November 1613) was a Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period and early Edo period. He was the head of Numazu Domain in Suruga Province.[1]
In 1572, He participate in the battle of Hitokotosaka along with Honda Tadakatsu against Takeda clan forces.[2]
Tadasuke participated in many Ieyasu's important battles including the conquest of Takeda clan, battle of Komaki and Nagakute, and the decisive battle of Sekigahara. He eventually became a feudal lord with 20,000 koku of land at Numazu, Suruga Province. Tadasuke passed away on September 27, 1613 (Keicho 18) without an heir, and his 20,000 koku of Numazu was confiscated.[3]
It was recorded that despite participated in many battles, Tadasuke never received single wounds during his career.[3]
Jōzan Yuasa, a samurai retainer of Okayama clan and confucian scholar who authored many anecdotes during Edo period, has recorded that Tadasuke once boasted he only ever received 13 wounds in battle during his lifetime as soldier.[4]
When he died in 1613, he left no heir; and the domain reverted to the Tokugawa shogunate.[1]
References
- ^ a b Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Ōkubo" at Nobiliare du Japon, p. 46; retrieved 2013-4-10.
- ^ Mitsutoshi Takayanagi (1958). 戰國戰記 (in Japanese). 春秋社. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ a b Tsunoda Akio (2023). "織田信長もお気に入り!「長篠のヒゲ」こと豪傑・大久保忠佐の武勇伝【どうする家康】:2ページ目". mag.japaaan.com (in Japanese). Japaaan Magazine. Retrieved 17 June 2024. References from:
- "Kansei Chosu Shokafu Volume 4" National Diet Library Digital Collection
- "Japanese War History Materials Volume 2 Mikawa Monogatari Complete" National Diet Library Digital Collection
- Katsuhiro Taniguchi "Nobunaga and Ieyasu: The Reality of the Kiyosu Alliance" Gakken Plus, January 2012
- Yu Ogawa et al. (eds.) "Illustrated Tokugawa Ieyasu and His Vassals" Ebisu Kosho Publishing, October 2022
- ^ Jōzan Yuasa; Tōzō Suzuki (1965). 常山紀談 Volume 2. 角川書店. p. 101. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
External links
- "Numazu" at Edo 300 (in Japanese) 2016