Tokugawa Nobuyasu

Japanese: 徳川信康 - とくがわのぶやす

1559-1579 A military commander during the Oda-Toyotomi period.
Born on March 6, 1562. Tokugawa Ieyasu's eldest son. His mother was Tsukiyamadono. He was born in Sunpu, Suruga (Shizuoka Prefecture). He married Oda Nobunaga's daughter Tokuhime. In the first year of the Genki era, he became the lord of Okazaki Castle and took the name Okazaki Jirozaburo Nobuyasu. He was suspected by Nobunaga of having a relationship with Takeda Katsuyori, and on Ieyasu's orders, he committed seppuku at Futamata Castle in Totomi (Shizuoka Prefecture) on September 15, 1572. He was 21 years old. His real surname was Matsudaira.

Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese Name Dictionary +Plus Information | Legend

Japanese:

1559－1579　織豊時代の武将。
永禄(えいろく)2年3月6日生まれ。徳川家康の長男。母は築山殿。駿河(するが)(静岡県)駿府(すんぷ)で誕生。織田信長の娘徳姫と結婚。元亀(げんき)元年岡崎城主となり岡崎次郎三郎信康と名のる。武田勝頼(かつより)との関係を信長にうたがわれ,家康の命で天正(てんしょう)7年9月15日遠江(とおとうみ)(静岡県)二俣城で切腹。21歳。本姓は松平。

出典　講談社デジタル版日本人名大辞典+Plusについて　情報 | 凡例

<<: Summary of Prefectural Governance of the Tokugawa Shogunate - tokugawa bakufu kencho yoriyaku

>>: Tokugawa Nariaki