Tokugawa Hidetada

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Tokugawa Hidetada
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Shōgun
In office
1605–1623
Parents
Posthumous
dharma name
Taitoku-in-den Kōren-jya Tokuyo Nyūsai Daikoji (台徳院殿興蓮社徳誉入西大居士)
Signature Tokugawa Hidetada kao.jpg
Military service
Allegiance Tokugawa family crest.svg Tokugawa clan
Mitsubaaoi.svg Eastern Army
Imperial Seal of Japan.svg Imperial Court
Tokugawa family crest.svg Tokugawa shogunate
Unit Tokugawa family crest.svg Tokugawa clan
Battles/wars Siege of Ueda
Siege of Osaka

Tokugawa Hidetada (徳川 秀忠, May 2, 1579 – March 14, 1632) was the second shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate.

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Early life (1579–1593)

Tokugawa Hidetada was born to Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Lady Saigō on May 2, 1579. This was shortly before Lady Tsukiyama, Ieyasu's official wife, and their son Tokugawa Nobuyasu were executed on suspicion of plotting to assassinate Oda Nobunaga, who was Nobuyasu's father-in-law and Ieyasu's ally. By killing his wife and son, Ieyasu declared his loyalty to Nobunaga. In 1589, Hidetada's mother fell ill, her health rapidly deteriorated, and she died at Sunpu Castle. Later Hidetada with his brother, Matsudaira Tadayoshi, was raised by Lady Achaa, one of Ieyasu's concubines. His childhood name was Chomaru (長丸), later becoming Takechiyo (竹千代).

The traditional power base of the Tokugawa clan was Mikawa. In 1590, the new ruler of Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi enlisted Tokugawa Ieyasu and others in attacking the domain of the Hōjō in what became known as the Siege of Odawara (1590). Hideyoshi enlisted Ieyasu for this campaign by promising to exchange the five provinces under Ieyasu's control for the eight Kantō provinces, including the city of Edo. In order to keep Ieyasu from defecting to the Hōjō side (since the Hōjō and the Tokugawa were formerly on friendly terms), Hideyoshi took the eleven-year-old Hidetada as a hostage. In 1592 Hideyoshi presided over Hidetada's coming of age ceremony; it was then that Ieyasu's son dropped his childhood name, Takechiyo (竹千代), and assumed the name Hidetada. He was named the heir of the Tokugawa family, being the eldest surviving son of Ieyasu, and his favorite (since Ieyasu's eldest son had been previously executed, and his second son was adopted by Hideyoshi while still an infant). In 1593, Hidetada returned to his father's side.

In 1590, Hidetada married O-Hime (1585–1591), daughter of Oda Nobukatsu and adopted daughter of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. O-Hime died in 1591, and was given the posthumous Buddhist name Shunshoin. In 1595, Hidetada married Oeyo, daughter of Azai Nagamasa and adopted daughter of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Their wedding was held in Fushimi Castle.

Military achievements (1593–1605)

In 1595, Hidetada married Oeyo of the Oda clan and they had two sons, Tokugawa Iemitsu and Tokugawa Tadanaga. [1] They also had several daughters, one of whom, Senhime, married twice. The other daughter, Kazuko hime, married Emperor Go-Mizunoo (of descent from the Fujiwara clan). [2]

Knowing his death would come before his son Toyotomi Hideyori came of age, Hideyoshi named five regents—one of whom was Hidetada's father, Ieyasu—to rule in his son's place. Hideyoshi hoped that the bitter rivalry among the regents would prevent any one of them from seizing power. But after Hideyoshi died in 1598 and Hideyori became nominal ruler, the regents forgot all vows of eternal loyalty and were soon vying for control of the nation. Tokugawa Ieyasu was one of the strongest of the five regents, and began to rally around himself an Eastern faction. A Western faction rallied around Ishida Mitsunari. The two factions clashed at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. Ieyasu won decisively, which set the stage for Tokugawa rule.

Hidetada had led 16,000 of his father's men in a campaign to contain the Western-aligned Uesugi clan in Shinano. Ieyasu then ordered Hidetada to march to Sekigahara in anticipation of the decisive battle against the Western faction. But the Sanada clan managed to tie down Hidetada's force, so he arrived too late to assist in his father's narrow but decisive victory. Hidetada and Ieyasu's relationship never recovered.[ citation needed ] On 3 December 1601, Hidetada's first son, Chōmaru (長丸), was born to a young maiden from Kyoto named Onatsu. In September 1602, Chōmaru fell ill and died; his funeral was held at Zōjō-ji temple in Shibe.

In 1603 Emperor Go-Yōzei granted Ieyasu the title of shōgun . Thus Hidetada became the heir to the shogunate.

Shōgun (1605–1623)

To avoid his predecessor's fate, Ieyasu established a dynastic pattern soon after becoming shogun by abdicating in favor of Hidetada in 1605. Ieyasu retained significant power until his death in 1616; but Hidetada nevertheless assumed a role as formal head of the bakufu bureaucracy. [3]

Much to the dismay of Ieyasu, in 1612, Hidetada engineered a marriage between Sen, Ieyasu's favorite granddaughter, and Toyotomi Hideyori, who was living as a commoner in Osaka Castle with his mother. When this failed to quell Hideyori's intrigues, Ōgosho Ieyasu and Shogun Hidetada brought an army to Osaka. [4]

In 1614-1615, at Siege of Osaka, father and son once again disagreed on how to conduct this campaign against the recalcitrant Toyotomi forces in Osaka. In the ensuing siege Hideyori and his mother were forced to commit suicide. Even Hideyori's infant son (Kunimatsu), that he had with a concubine, was not spared. Only Sen was spared; she later remarried and had a new family.

After Ieyasu's death in 1616, [4] Hidetada took control of the bakufu. He strengthened the Tokugawa hold on power by improving relations with the Imperial court. To this end he married his daughter Kazuko to Emperor Go-Mizunoo. [4] The product of that marriage, a girl, eventually succeeded to the throne of Japan to become Empress Meishō. The city of Edo was also heavily developed under his reign.

Ogosho (1623–1632)

Shogun Iemitsu visiting Taitoku-in Mausoleum, as depicted in the Edo-zu byobu screens (17th century) Edo l52.jpg
Shogun Iemitsu visiting Taitoku-in Mausoleum, as depicted in the Edo-zu byōbu screens (17th century)

In Genna 9 (1623), Hidetada resigned the government to his eldest son and heir, Tokugawa Iemitsu. [5] Like his father before him, Hidetada became Ōgosho or retired shōgun, and retained effective power. He enacted draconian anti-Christian measures, which Ieyasu had only considered: he banned Christian books, forced Christian daimyōs to commit suicide, ordered other Christians to apostatize under penalty of death; and executed fifty-five Christians (both Japanese and foreign) who refused to renounce Christianity or to go into hiding, by burning, along with their children, in Nagasaki in 1628.

Ōgosho Hidetada died in Kan'ei 9, on the 24th day of the 1st month (March 14, 1632). [5] His Buddhist posthumous name is Daitoku-in (台徳院). [6] His ashes were ceremoniously laid to rest in the Taitoku-in Mausoleum in Edo.

Taitokuin Mausoleum Gate located in Shiba park Taitokuin Mausoleum Gate.JPG
Taitokuin Mausoleum Gate located in Shiba park
Hidetada-tamaya.jpg

Honours

Eras

The years in which Hidetada was shōgun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō . [4]

Family

Parents

StatusimageNameposthumous NameBirthDeathParents
Father Tokugawa Ieyasu2 full.JPG Tokugawa Ieyasu Hogo OnkokuinJanuary 31, 1543June 1, 1616 Matsudaira Hirotada
Odai no Kata
Mother Saigo-no-Tsubone2.JPG Saigō-no-Tsubone Hōdaiin1552July 1, 1589Tozuka Tadaharu
Saigo Masakatsu's daughter

Siblings (Mother side)

NamePosthumous NameBirthDeathFatherMarriageIssue
Saigo Katsutada1570Saigō Yoshikatsu
Toku-himeSaigō Yoshikatsu

Wives and Concubines

StatusImageNamePosthumous NameBirthDeathParentsIssue
First Wife (died before marriage)O-HimeKantōin1585August 27, 1591 Oda Nobukatsu of Uda-Matsuyama Domain
Chiyo-Gozen (Kitabatake Tomonori’s daughter)
Second Wife Oeyo.jpg Oeyo Sūgen'inAugust 1573September 15, 1626 Azai Nagamasa
Oichi
Senhime married Toyotomi Hideyori later Honda Tadatoki of Himeji Domain
Tamahime (1599–1622) married Maeda Toshitsune of Kaga Domain
Katsuhime (1601–1672) married Matsudaira Tadanao of Fukui Domain
Hatsuhime (1602–1630) married Kyōgoku Tadataka of Matsue Domain
Tokugawa Iemitsu, 3rd shogun
Tokugawa Tadanaga of Sunpu Domain
Kazuhime married Emperor Go-Mizunoo

Children

ImageNamePosthumous NameBirthDeathMotherSpouseIssue
Portrait of Senhime.jpg Senhime TenjuinMay 26, 1597March 11, 1666 Oeyo First: Toyotomi Hideyori
Second: Honda Tadatoki of Himeji Domain
By Second: Katsuhime (1618–1678) married Ikeda Mitsumasa of Okayama Domain
Kochiyo (1619–1621)
Tamahime Tentoku-inAugust 1, 1599August 9, 1622 Oeyo Maeda Toshitsune of Kaga Domain Kametsuruhime (1613–1630) married Mori Tadahiro (1604–1633)
Maeda Mitsutaka of Kaga Domain
Kohime
Maeda Toshitsugu (1617–1674) of Toyama Domain
Maeda Toshiharu (1618–1660) of Daishōji Domain
Manhime (1620–1700) married Asano Mitsuakira of Hiroshima Domain
Tomihime (1621–1662) married Imperial Prince Hachijō-no-miya Toshitada (1619–1662)
Natsuhime (1622–1623)
KatsuhimeTensūinJune 12, 1601March 20, 1672 Oeyo Matsudaira Tadanao of Fukui Domain Matsudaira Mitsunaga (1615–1707) of Takada Domain
Kamehime (1617–1681) married Imperial Prince Takamatsu-no-miya Yoshihito (1603–1638)
Tsuruhime (1618–1671) married Kujō Michifusa
ChomaruShutokuin3 December 1601September 1602servant
HatsuhimeKōan-inAugust 25, 1602April 16, 1630 Oeyo Kyōgoku Tadataka of Matsue Domain
Iemitsu Tokugawa.jpg Tokugawa Iemitsu, 3rd ShogunDaiyūin-dono zoshoAugust 12, 1604June 8, 1651 Oeyo Takako (1622–1683), Takatsukasa Nobufusa’s daughterBy concubines: Chiyohime (1637–1699) married Tokugawa Mitsutomo of Owari Domain
Tokugawa Ietsuna, 4th Shogun
Kamematsu (1643–1647)
Tokugawa Tsunashige of Kofu Domain
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, 5th Shogun
Tsurumatsu (1647–1648)
Tokugawa Tadanaga.jpg Tokugawa Tadanaga of Sunpu Domain Bugan’in-dono zeneshoshintechigyoundaikoji1606January 5, 1634 Oeyo Masako (1614–1690), Oda Nobuyoshi of Obata Domain
Tokugawa Masako.jpg Kazuhime Tofukumon’inNovember 23, 1607August 2, 1678 Oeyo Emperor Go-Mizunoo Empress Meisho
Second Princess (1625–1651) married Konoe Hisatsugu
Imperial Prince Sukehito (1626–1628)
Prince Waka (1628)
Imperial Princess Akiko (1629–1675)
Imperial Princess Yoshiko (1632–1696) married Nijō Mitsuhira
Princess Kiku (1633–1634)
Hoshina Masayuki.jpg Hoshina Masayuki of Aizu Domain Hanitsu-reishinJune 17, 1611February 4, 1673Oshizu-no-KataFirst: Kunihime (1619–1637; Naito Masanaga {1568–1634} of Iwakitaira Domain)
Second: Oman-no-Kata (1620–1691, Fujiki Hiroyuki's daughter)
By First: Komatsu (1634–1638)
By second: Hoshina Masayori (1640–1657)
Haruhime married Uesugi Tsunakatsu of Yonezawa Domain
Nakahime (1643–1649)
Shogen (1645)
Hoshina Masatsune (1646–1681) of Aizu Domain
Ishihime (1648–1667) married Inaba Masamichi of Sakura Domain
Kamehime (1650–1651)
Fuhime (1649–1651)
Hoshina Masazumi (1652–1671)
By Concubines: Kikuhime (1645–1647)
Sumahime (1648–1666) married Maeda Tsunanori of Kaga Domain
Kinhime (1658–1659)
Matsudaira Masakata (1669–1731) of Aizu Domain
Sanhime (b.1673)

Adopted Daughters

Ancestry

See also

Notes

  1. Wilson, Richard L. (1985). Ogata Kenzan (1663–1743) (PhD thesis/dissertation). Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas. OCLC 19111312
  2. NHK has announced that its 2011 Taiga drama will be named Gō: Himetachi no Sengoku ; and it will be based on the life of Oeyo, who was the mother of Tokugwa Masako – see 大河ドラマ 第50 作 江(ごう) 姫たちの戦国 Archived 2009-07-11 at the Wayback Machine ; "Atsuhime"-Autorin für NHKs 2011er Taiga-Drama gewählt (citing Tokyograph), Archived 2011-05-06 at the Wayback Machine J-Dorama.
  3. Titsingh, I. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, p. 409.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Titsingh, p. 410.
  5. 1 2 Screech, T. Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779–1822. p.85.
  6. Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779–1822 at Google Books
  7. "Genealogy". Reichsarchiv (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 July 2018.

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