Okubo Hikozaemon

Japanese: 大久保彦左衛門 - おおくぼひこざえもん

Born in 1560 in Odawara
[Died] Kan'ei 16 (1639). February 1. Edo A hatamoto in the early Edo period. Born as the eighth son of Tadakane, he was originally called Tadao, later Tadataka, and his pen name was Heisuke. In 1576 (Tensho 4), at the age of 16, he distinguished himself in his first battle and was ranked as a hatamoto. Since then, he served Tokugawa Ieyasu with distinction. He refused to become a daimyo, and is said to have responded to Ieyasu's inquiries as "the nation's leading advisor." Later, he served Hidetada and Iemitsu, and was an important hatamoto as a brave warrior who survived the Sengoku period. His book "Mikawa Monogatari" (3 volumes, 1622) is a typical example of the spirit of the so-called Mikawa samurai. He received a stipend of 2,000 koku in Mikawa Nukata County. The remains of his mansion are in Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. (→Isshin Tasuke)

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Japanese:

[生]永禄3(1560).小田原
[没]寛永16(1639).2.1. 江戸
江戸時代初期の旗本。忠員の8男に生れ，初め忠雄，のち忠教 (ただたか) ，字は平助。天正4 (1576) 年 16歳の初陣に戦功をあげ旗本に列せられ，以来徳川家康に仕えて功績があった。大名になることを固辞し，「天下の御意見番」として家康の諮問にこたえたという。のち，秀忠，家光に仕え，戦国時代生残りの勇士として旗本のなかに重きをなした。その著『三河物語』 (3巻，1622) はいわゆる三河武士の精神を典型的に示したもの。禄高は三河額田郡に 2000石。邸跡が東京都千代田区神田駿河台にある。 (→一心太助 )

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