Matsudaira Tadayoshi - Matsudaira Tadayoshi

A feudal lord in the early Edo period. Childhood names were Otsugu and Fukumatsu. Shimotsuke no Kami and Satsuma no Kami. The fourth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu. His mother was Saigo no Tsubone, just like his older brother Hidetada. In 1581 (Tensho 9), he was adopted by Tojo Matsudaira Ietada, who died of illness. After the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute, he was sent to Osaka as a hostage. In 1590, he became the lord of Oshi Castle in Musashi Province with a fief of 100,000 koku, and returned from Osaka the following year. In 1600 (Keicho 5), when Ishida Mitsunari raised an army, he was made the vanguard commander of the Eastern army advancing along the Tokaido road, and in the Battle of Sekigahara, he distinguished himself by leading the charge with his father-in-law Ii Naomasa, and was wounded. After the war, he became the lord of Kiyosu Castle in Owari Province, and ruled over Owari Province (excluding Chita and Kaisai counties and part of Nakashima County). He was Ieyasu's representative in the west. In 1605, he was promoted to Junior Third Rank and Lieutenant General, and in 1606, he was given an additional 100,000 koku of land in Chita County. After his death, he died without an heir. His estate was inherited by his younger brother Yoshinao (Ieyasu's ninth son), the lord of Kofu Castle in Kai.

[Nobuhiro Shimomura]

"Newly Revised Nagoya City History Editorial Committee, ed., Newly Revised Nagoya City History, Vol. 2 (1998, Nagoya City)" ▽ "Matsudaira Tadayoshi, Lord of Owari Kiyosu Castle - The Warlord Who Ran Through the Battle of Sekigahara (1993, Nagoya City Museum)" ▽ "Nakajima Jiro, 'Research on the Tokugawa Vassals' (Reprint, 1981, Kokusho Kankokai)"

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江戸前期の大名。幼名於次(おつぐ)、福松。下野守(しもつけのかみ)、薩摩守。徳川家康の四男。母は西郷局で、兄秀忠と同じ。1581年（天正9）病死した東条松平家忠の養子となる。小牧・長久手の戦後に人質として大坂に送られた。1590年武蔵国忍(おし)城主10万石、翌年大坂より戻る。1600年（慶長5）石田三成(みつなり)挙兵に対して、東海道を進む東軍諸将の先手大将とされ、関ヶ原の戦には舅(しゅうと)井伊直政(なおまさ)と先駆して名をあげ、負傷したという。戦後、尾張国清洲(きよす)城主となり、尾張国（知多(ちた)・海西(かいさい)2郡と中島(なかしま)郡の一部を除く）を領有。家康の代理として西国に対する。1605年従三位(じゅさんみ)・中将、1606年知多郡10万石加増。没後、無嗣断絶。遺領は、甲斐甲府城主弟義直（家康九男）が継承。

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『新修名古屋市史編集委員会編『新修名古屋市史　第2巻』（1998・名古屋市）』▽『『尾張清須城主松平忠吉――関ヶ原を駆け抜けた武将』（1993・名古屋市博物館）』▽『中嶋次太郎著『徳川家臣団の研究』（復刻、1981・国書刊行会）』

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