Okubo Iwami no Kami - Okubo Iwami no Kami

...He was the head of the daikan in the early Edo period. He was a member of the Shogunate's magistrates in charge of finances and mines. He was born as the second son of Okura-no-tayu, a member of the Sarugaku troupe of the Takeda clan of Kai, and became a daikan (major official). He was originally called Fujijuro and Jubei. After the fall of the Takeda clan in 1582 (Tensho 10), he was appointed as a retainer of the Tokugawa clan. He was given the surname Okubo by Okubo Tadachika and was in charge of the civil administration of Kai. In 1589-1590, during the reform of the five Tokugawa territories, he was selected as a magistrate on par with the provincial magistrate, and after entering the Kanto region, he became the head daikan. Together with Ina Tadatsugu and others, he became the center of control of the Kanto region, and from his base at Okado Jin'ya in Hachioji, Musashi Province, he commanded the Hachioji magistrate and the Hachioji 1,000 police officers, and developed various parts of the Kanto region through the control of the Jin'ya, with a fief of 90,000 koku in Yamane.

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…江戸初期の代官頭。財政･鉱山担当の幕府奉行衆。甲斐武田氏の猿楽衆大蔵大夫の次男に生まれ，蔵前衆(代官)になる。はじめ藤十郎，十兵衛と称す。1582年(天正10)武田氏滅亡後，徳川家の家臣に取り立てられる。大久保忠隣（ただちか）より大久保姓を授けられ甲斐の民政を担当し，89‐90年徳川氏の五ヵ国領国の改革では国奉行並に抜擢され，関東入国後は代官頭となる。伊奈忠次らとともに関東領国支配の中心となり，武蔵国八王子の小門（おかど）陣屋を拠点として八王子代官と八王子千人同心を指揮し，山の根9万石を所領に陣屋支配により関東各地を開発する。…

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