Ōkubo Tadachika

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Japanese name, the surname is Ōkubo.
Ōkubo Tadachika
大久保 忠隣
Daimyō of Odawara Domain
In office
1594–1614
Preceded byŌkubo Tadayo
Succeeded byAbe Masatsugu
Personal details
Bornc. 1553 (1553)
Okazaki, Feudal Japan
DiedJuly 28, 1628(1628-07-28) (aged 74–75)
Edo, Japan
Parent
OccupationRōjū
Military service
AllegianceTokugawa clan
RankKarō, Daimyo
UnitOkubo clan
CommandsOdawara castle
Battles/warsBattle of Anegawa (1570)
Battle of Mikatagahara (1573)
Battle of Nagashino (1575)
Journey in Iga
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), or also known as Ōkubo Nagayasu (大久保 長安), was daimyō of Odawara Domain in Sagami Province in early Edo period, Japan. Ōkubo Tadachika was the son of Ōkubo Tadayo, a Fudai daimyō hereditary vassal to the Tokugawa clan in what is now part of the city of Okazaki, Aichi.

He entered into service as a samurai from age 11, and took his first head in battle at the age of 16. Ōkubo Tadachika appointed as Rōjū After the establishment of Tokugawa shogunate. He came to be regarded as one of Ieyasu's most experienced and trusted advisors, along with Honda Masanobu.

He was most known in history for his political career's demise due to the "Ōkubo affairs" incident, which caused him stripped from most of his domains control and exiled by the Shogunate.

He also known for his work of Mikawa Monogatari chronicle, which recorded the history of Tokugawa Ieyasu's rise to power and the early Tokugawa shogunate.

Biography[edit]

Ōkubo Tadachika was born in 1553.[1] He served Tokugawa Ieyasu from 1563 and made first appearance in history record during the siege of Horikawa Castle in Totomi in 1568.[2] However, the castle were only captured in 1569. After it was captured, Ieyasu ordered Ishikawa Hanzaburo to massacre the castle prisoners and castle denizens, including women and children. It was recorded around 700 peoples beheaded on the banks of the Miyakoda River. [3] Tadachika, witnessed this massacre and testified in his personal journal, Mikawa Monogatari, that "...both mens and womens can [sic] be cut into pieces...".[4]

For the most part of years until 1582, Tadachika participated in many Ieyasu's major military campaign such as the Battle of Anegawa , Battle of Mikatagahara, and the Battle of Nagashino.[5][2] During his service under the Tokugawa clan, Tadachika was appointed to the position of Bugyōshiki (magistrate).[6][7] After the Honnō-ji Incident in 1582, he was among high-rank vassal who accompanied Ieyasu in the dangerous journey to escape into Mikawa through Iga Province.[8]

Later in 1584, he also participated in the Tokugawa-Toyotomi conflict in the Komaki-Nagakute Campaign[2] After the peace between Tokugawa and the Toyotomi clan, Ieyasu pay visit to Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1586, Tadachika was appointed as jūgoi (Junior Fifth Rank), and was given the surname Toyotomi.[9] When Ieyasu transferred into Kantō region, he was given control of Hanyu Castle and received domain stipend worth of 20,000 koku in Musashi Province.[5] Later, after his father died, Tadachika inherit his position as the head of Ōkubo clan and control of domain which now totalled 70,000 koku of worth under Tadachika.[10][11]

In 1593, he was assigned the post of Karō to Tokugawa Hidetada.[12]

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 the Siege of Ueda in Shinano Province were dragged.[13] In 1610, after the foundation of the Tokugawa shogunate, he became a rōjū.[14]

In January 1614, when the de facto Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada mandated the persecution of Christians, Tadachika played role in relaying the mandate to the Kyoto population to expel any christian priests.[15]

Ōkubo clan's affair[edit]

Tombstone of Ōkubo Tadachika Confined

In 1613-1614 there was a series of chain of events which caused the Ōkubo clan fell from favor of the shogunate. First the Ōkubo Nagayasu Incident. His domain was confiscated, and he was reassigned to a small 5,000 koku hatamoto holding in Ōmi Province. Shortly afterwards, he retired from public life, became a Buddhist monk by the name of Keian Dōhaku (渓庵道白). The second misfortune befall upon Ōkubo clan was when Tadachika career suffered, as his domains ownership were stripped and exiled.

After Tadachika was exiled, Honda Masanobu sent him a letter informing him of the safety of Tadanori's mother and wife in Odawara.[16] There is also a theory recorded by Kuniteru Mitsuki that the reason why Tadachika were fell from favor of Shogunate at that moment was because Ieyasu, who was thinking of wiping out the Toyotomi clan, though that Tadachika were too close with the daimyo lords of the Saigoku region (western region of Japan), thus he though that Tadachika might advocate for the reconcilliation between the Shogunate with the Toyotomi clan.[16]

However, in recognition of Tadachika's long service for the Tokugawa clan and shogunate, Tadachika legitimate grandson, Ōkubo Tadatomo, was allowed to take over as head of the Okubo clan, while his adopted son who also named Ōkubo Tadatomo, returned to the lordship of the Odawara Domain. Furthermore, Ishikawa Tadafusa, who had been suspended due to his involvement in the so-called "Ōkubo affair", was allowed to return in consideration of the meritorious service of Ienari Ishikawa (the father of his adoptive family), and because of his military exploits at the Siege of Osaka, also appointed as the lord of Ōgaki Domain and Zeze Domain.


Preceded by Daimyo of Odawara
1594–1614 		Succeeded by

Appendix[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Satoshi Okamoto (2018). 江戸→TOKYO なりたちの教科書３ 東京の基盤をつくった「武家屋敷物語」 (in Japanese). 淡交社. p. 25. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c 新編岡崎市史: Sōshū hen Volume 20 of New edition of Okazaki City History (in Japanese). Okazaki City: 新編岡崎市史編さん委員会. 1983. p. 59. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  3. ^ * Kamefumi Naito (1972). "姫街道の今昔". In 静岡新聞社 (ed.). ふるさと百話. Vol. 7. 静岡新聞社. pp. 155–159.
  4. ^ Mikawa Monogatari (in Japanese), Horikawa castle Ruin: Hosoe town Board of Education
  5. ^ a b Shigeru Suda (1989). 武蔵国藩史総覧 (in Japanese). 聚海書林. pp. 101–102. ISBN 4915521443. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  6. ^ Miwa Nobuo (1991). 江戶幕府職制の基礎的研究: 美和信夫教授遺稿集. 広池学園出版部. p. 231. ISBN 4892052973. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  7. ^ Yamashita Masaya (2000). 天下は天下の天下なり―徳川五代と水戸黄門 株式会社ディスカヴァー・トゥエンティワン (in Japanese). 株式会社ディスカヴァー・トゥエンティワン. p. 112. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  8. ^ Fumitaka Kawasaki (1985). 徳川家康・伊賀越えの危難 [Tokugawa Ieyasu and the danger of crossing Iga]. 鳥影社. ISBN 4795251126. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  9. ^ Murakawa kōhei (2013). "80". 天正・文禄・慶長期、武家叙任と豊臣姓下賜」『駒沢史学 [Tensho, Bunroku, and Keicho periods, samurai investiture and the granting of the Toyotomi name] (in Japanese). 駒沢史学. pp. 113–114. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  10. ^ Jacques Edmond Joseph Papinot (2003). NOBILIAIRE DU JAPON (PDF) (in French). p. 46. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  11. ^ Andō Yūichirō (2020, p. 236)
  12. ^ Andō Yūichirō (2020, p. 236)
  13. ^ Andō Yūichirō (2020, p. 236)
  14. ^ Andō Yūichirō (2020, p. 236)
  15. ^ Kiri Paramore (2010). Ideology and Christianity in Japan. Routledge. p. 54. ISBN 1134067658. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  16. ^ a b Mitsuki Kuniteru (1980). 小田原城主　大久保忠世・忠隣 [Lord of Odawara Castle: Ōkubo Tadayo and Tadachika] (in Japanese). 名著出版. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

Bibliography[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ōkubo_Tadachika&oldid=1225491884"