Ōkubo Tadayo

Ōkubo Tadayo
大久保 忠世
Lord of Odawara
In office 1590–1594
Succeeded by	Ōkubo Tadachika
Personal details
Born	1532 Battle of Komaki-Nagakute (1584) Siege of Odawara (1590)

Ōkubo Tadayo (大久保 忠世, 1532 – October 28, 1594) was a

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 (新十郎), he rise to become considered one of Ieyasu's sixteen generals and was entrusted with Futamata Castle in Tōtōmi Province. Tadayo contributed in the Battle of Azukizaka (1564) against the Ikkō sect in Mikawa province.

In 1573, at Battle of Mikatagahara, Ōkubo Tadayo along with Amano Yasukage led a small band of Tokugawa foot soldiers and 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.

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