was a Japanese military commander and feudal lord during the early
Edo period
The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...
. He was the fourth son of
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; 31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616) was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Gr ...
with his concubine
Saigo-no-Tsubone. His childhood name was Fukumatsumaru (福松丸).
Early life
When his mother died, he and his brother were adopted by
Acha no Tsubone (1555-1637). His full brother,
Tokugawa Hidetada, was the second shōgun.
Lordships
Tadayoshi was adopted by
Matsudaira Ietada and succeeded him as the second lord of
Oshi Domain.
In the
Battle of Sekigahara
The Battle of Sekigahara (Shinjitai: ; Kyūjitai: , Hepburn romanization: ''Sekigahara no Tatakai'') was an important battle in Japan which occurred on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month) in what is now Gifu Prefecture, ...
, he was attended by
Ii Naomasa and was therefore at the forefront of the fighting. In the midst of the battle, he was shot by an Ishida gunner, but survived with a bullet wound.
Tadayoshi became lord of
Kiyosu Castle, the most important fortification in
Owari, where he was given 52-thousand ''
koku
The is a Chinese-based Japanese unit of volume. One koku is equivalent to 10 or approximately , or about of rice. It converts, in turn, to 100 shō and 1,000 gō. One ''gō'' is the traditional volume of a single serving of rice (before co ...
''.
Personal life and death
His wife was the daughter of
Ii Naomasa. Tadayoshi died in 1607 without having produced a son.
Three of his retainers committed ''
junshi'' following his death.
The events surrounding his death including the suicide of his followers are reported in ''Kenmotsu sōshi'' (監物草子) written in the
Kan'ei era.
He was buried in
Shinnyo-ji in Kakegawa.
Family
* Father:
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; 31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616) was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Gr ...
* Mother:
Saigō-no-Tsubone
* Adopted Father:
Matsudaira Ietada (Fukozu)
* Wife: Ii Masako
* Child: 1
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Matsudaira, Tadayoshi
1580 births
1607 deaths
Tokugawa clan