Tōdō Takatora
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Tōdō Takatora
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| First Lord of Imabari | |
| In office 1600–1608 |
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| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Matsudaira Sadafusa |
| First Lord of Tsu | |
| In office 1608–1630 |
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| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Tōdō Takatsugu |
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| Born | February 16, 1556 Tōdō Village, Ōmi Province, Japan |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Edo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
Tōdō Takatora (藤堂 高虎?, February 16, 1556 – November 9, 1630) was a Japanese daimyo of the Azuchi–Momoyama period through Edo period. He rose from relatively humble origins as an ashigaru (a foot soldier) to become a daimyo. During his lifetime he changed his feudal master seven times and worked for ten people, but in the end he rendered loyalty to Tokugawa Ieyasu, who became his last master.[1][2]
Todo Takatora was promoted rapidly under Hashiba Hidenaga, the younger brother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and he participated in the invasions of Korea as a commander of Toyotomi's fleet. His fiefdom at that time was Iyo-Uwajima. During the Edo period, the wealth of each fiefdom was measured as a volume of rice production in koku. Iyo-Uwajima was assessed at 70,000 koku.[1][2]
At the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, although he was one of Toyotomi's main generals, he sided with Tokugawa Ieyasu. After the war he was given a larger fiefdom, Iyo-Imabari, assessed at 200,000 koku. Later in life he was made lord of Tsu (with landholdings in Iga and Ise), a domain of 320,000 koku.
After the death of Akai Naomasa, some members of the Akai clan became retainers to the Tōdō house.[3]
Todo Takatora is also famous for excellence in castle design. He is said to have been involved in building as many as twenty castles.[1][2]
In fiction
- Takatora is a playable character in the Samurai Warriors franchise debuting in Sengoku Musou Chronicle 2nd. In Samurai Warriors 4, he is portrayed as an Azai retainer and a close friend of Yoshitsugu Ōtani before joining the Toyotomi.
References
- Tōdō family information (25 Sept. 2007) (Japanese)
External links
- Momoyama, Japanese Art in the Age of Grandeur, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Tōdō Takatora
| Preceded by
none
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First Lord of Imabari 1600–1608 |
Succeeded by Matsudaira Sadafusa |
| Preceded by | First Lord of Tsu 1608–1630 |
Succeeded by Tōdō Takatsugu |
External links
- Works by or about Tōdō Takatora in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
