Ōkubo Tadachika
Ōkubo Tadachika | |
|---|---|
| 大久保 忠隣 | |
Daimyō of Odawara Domain | |
| In office 1594–1614 | |
| Preceded by | Ōkubo Tadayo |
| Succeeded by | Abe Masatsugu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1553 Odawara castle |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Anegawa (1570) Battle of Mikatagahara (1573) Battle of Nagashino (1575) Battle of Komaki and Nagakute (1584) Siege of Odawara (1590) Siege of Ueda (1600) |
Ōkubo Tadachika (大久保 忠隣, 1553 – July 28, 1628) was
Biography
He served in most of the campaigns of his father,
He came to be regarded as one of Ieyasu's most experienced and trusted advisors, along with Honda Masanobu.
In 1593, he was assigned the post of Karō to Tokugawa Hidetada.
Upon the death of his father in 1594, he became head of the Ōkubo clan, and daimyō of Odawara Domain, whose revenues were raised to 65,000 koku.
In 1600, during the Battle of Sekigahara, his forces accompanied those of Tokugawa Hidetada along the Nakasendō, and were late in arriving at the battle due to resistance by Sanada Masayuki at Ueda Castle in Shinano Province.
In 1610, after the foundation of the Tokugawa shogunate, he became a rōjū. This was a period of great political intrigue, as Tokugawa Ieyasu had retired to Sunpu, but continued to manipulate politics from behind-the-scenes, much to the growing discontent of Hidetada and his retainers.
In 1614, Ōkubo Tadachika fell afoul of the shogunate in what was later termed the
References
- (in Japanese) Japanese Wikipedia article on Tadachika (21 Sept. 2007)
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)