Preceded by none Preceded by none Nationality Japanese | Succeeded by Matsudaira Sadafusa Succeeded by Todo Takatsugu Name Todo Takatora | |
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Died November 9, 1630(1630-11-09) (aged 74)Edo, Japan | ||
Todo Takatora (Masaya Matsukaze) - Kōmyō ga Michi
Tōdō Takatora (藤堂 高虎, February 16, 1556 – November 9, 1630) was a Japanese daimyō from the Azuchi–Momoyama to Edo periods. He rose from relatively humble origins as an ashigaru (a foot soldier) to become a daimyō. 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.
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Tōdō 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.
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.
Tōdō Takatora is also famous for excellence in castle design. He is said to have been involved in building as many as twenty castles.