Ōkubo Tadayo

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In this Japanese name, the family name is Ōkubo.

Ōkubo Tadayo (大久保忠世, Ōkubo Tadayo^?) (1532-October 28, 1594) was a Japanese daimyo and samurai general of the Azuchi-Momoyama period. He served Tokugawa Ieyasu. The eldest son of Ōkubo Tadakazu, he accompanied Tokugawa Ieyasu in all of his campaigns, up until his own death in 1593, and was awarded the fief (han) of Odawara in 1590, with an income of 45,000 koku.

Ōkubo's personal sashimono (banner) featured a three-dimensional golden butterfly, a symbol which in Japanese culture, unlike in the West, represents masculinity and battle prowess.

Preceded by none

Daimyo of Odawara 1590-1594

Succeeded by Ōkubo Tadachika

[edit] References

• Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.

[edit] 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)