Tokugawa forcesŌkubo
Ōkubo Tadayo
大久保忠世
“One of the Sixteen Divine Generals of Tokugawa”
1532–1594 (aged 63)
- Rank / office
- Commissioner of Shinano
- Domain / base
- Futamata, Tōtōmi → Odawara, Sagami
- Banner / crest
- Ōkubo wisteria
- Battles in 3D
- 3 battles
Portrait · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
These men are like a good plaster: they stick fast to the enemy and never come away.
Oda Nobunaga's praise at Nagashino (paraphrased from the Mikawa Monogatari)
Eldest son of Ōkubo Tadakazu of Mikawa; among his younger brothers was Hikozaemon Tadataka, author of the Mikawa Monogatari. He served Ieyasu, led the van in battle after battle and is counted among the Sixteen Divine Generals of Tokugawa. On the very night of the crushing defeat at Mikatagahara he fired into the Takeda camp at Saigagake and threw it into confusion; Shingen is said to have remarked, "Even in victory, what a fearsome enemy." At Nagashino he fought outside the palisade with his brother Tadasuke, and Oda Nobunaga praised them for sticking to the enemy "like a good plaster." Entrusted with Futamata Castle, retaken from the Takeda, he guarded Tōtōmi, and after the fall of the Takeda he governed Shinano from Komoro as its commissioner; but at the first battle of Ueda in Tenshō 13 he fell into Sanada Masayuki's trap and was heavily defeated. After the Odawara campaign he was given Odawara Castle, the old seat of the Hōjō, with 45,000 koku, and died in Bunroku 3.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1573Genki 3
Night Raid at Saigagake
On the night of the defeat at Mikatagahara he fired into the Takeda camp at Saigagake and threw it into confusion.
- 1573
Battle of Mikatagahara
On the night of the crushing defeat he raided the Takeda camp at Saigagake, showing the mettle of the Tokugawa samurai.
Mikatagahara, Tōtōmi Province 1,000 troops Watch in 3D › - 1575Tenshō 3
Battle of Nagashino
Fought outside the palisade with his brother Tadasuke and won Oda Nobunaga's praise.
Battle of Nagashino 2,000 troops Watch in 3D › Deliberately took position outside the palisade to provoke the Takeda, acting as the bait that drew their charges onto the line. - 1575Tenshō 3
Lord of Futamata Castle
Given Futamata Castle, retaken from the Takeda, and charged with the defence of Tōtōmi.
- 1585Tenshō 13
First Battle of Ueda
Attacked Ueda Castle with Torii Mototada and others and was heavily defeated by Sanada Masayuki's stratagem.
First Battle of Ueda 2,000 troops Watch in 3D › A Tokugawa veteran who had made his name at Mikatagahara and Nagashino. Leading the vanguard he pressed as far as the second bailey, but was broken by the counterattack from the castle and Nobuyuki's flank attack and driven into the swollen Kangawa. - 1590Tenshō 18
Lord of Odawara Castle
After the fall of the Hōjō he was given Odawara Castle with 45,000 koku.
