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The unfortunate life of Tadateru Matsudaira, the sixth son who was hated by Ieyasu Tokugawa and was reformed by Hidetada.

January 4, 1592 The sixth son of Ieyasu Tokugawa, Tadateru, was born.

However, his father, Ieyasu, lived a very pitiful life despite being the son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, for the unreasonable reason that his birth mother, Lady Chaa, was low in status and did not like Tadateru's appearance. ..

Ieyasu seems to have been particular about his child's face for some reason, and Tadateru's half-brother Yuki Hideyasu He also says he continued to treat him coldly because he didn't like his appearance.

He says he was a master of musical instruments and had excellent motor skills since he was a child. He was Ieyasu's military mentor Okuyama Kyugasai Bunbu Ryodo , who learned martial arts and military arts under the sword, and was a master of swords and also good at tactics. In Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, he is raising the city and enlivening Tadateru Tokugawa.

This time, I will write about the pitiful life of Tadateru Matsudaira, who was swayed by selfishness like the child of his father, Ieyasu, probably because he was talented.

Immediately after birth, parents abandon them

Ieyasu is a newborn Tatsuchiyo (* Tadateru) As part of the [Prayer for Child Support], which said that the abandoned child would grow stronger and stronger, the child was once abandoned by Masanobu Honda, who was abandoned at the temple gate, and was entrusted to Minagawa Hiroteru for child support. Become. * Hereafter written as Tadateru.

I first met Ieyasu in 1598 It is said that he hated it very much at that time as well.

According to one theory, it is said that they were born as twins. [ It is natural that humans are born one by one, and it is like a brute that multiple people are born like dogs and cats . ] And it was believed that there was no scientific basis.

Therefore, when twins were born, they killed one person or forcibly adopted them.

However, since there are no such historical materials left, it is beyond imagination, but it seems that there was such a custom in some areas.

Be humiliated to succeed her younger brother

Tadateru Matsudaira To find out that Ieyasu hated him, look at how he got ahead.

1599 Ieyasu's brother and sister 7 man, Matsuchiyo Is Mr. Matsudaira Nagasawa He died early and Tadateru took over his reign. In this era, it was common sense to succeed the family from the eldest son, so it can be said that Ieyasu, who respected the custom, was considerably disliked to do such a thing.

Then 1602 Was transferred to Sakura 50,000 stones in Shimousa province, and was given the name of Tadateru Kazusa in the genpuku, 1603 . Was added to the 120,000 stones of the Nakajima Domain in Shinano Province, and became the lord of Matsushiro Castle, and Ieyasu's confidant, Nagayasu Okubo, became the chief retainer.

Compared to other daimyo, it increased little by little and became a daimyo of 120,000 stones, but it was the first Misanke much younger. [ Yoshinao / Yorinobu / Yorifusa ] If you think that there are fewer territories than, I wonder if you would be treated like this because of your face.

The treatment improved a little after getting married

It was Date Masamune that Tadateru's life was a little sunny. Daughter, Irohahime It was after I got married. It seems that this princess was a very courageous person, but Tadateru himself, Bunbu Ryodo who also enjoyed martial arts, tea ceremony, and painting. It seems that he was doing well with this wife because he was a person of.

Date Masamune Tadateru's Takada Castle was built under the leadership of Masamune, and Tadateru's counselor, who had no actual battle experience in the Osaka summer camp, was an inseparable relationship.

As expected, Ieyasu's child, behind the scenes of a successful career ...

1609 Tsukegaro Minagawa Hiroteru who raised young Tadateru from around that time And Shigetatsu Yamada, Kiyonao Matsudaira The vassals of Tadateru appeal to Ieyasu of Sunpu that Tadateru's behavior will not be changed, but Ieyasu conversely disqualifies him from being a senior citizen, and Minagawa and Matsudaira Kiyonao will be changed and Yamada will be seppuku.

Under such circumstances, 1610 He was sealed with 300,000 stones of the Takada domain, and occupied 450,000 stones including 140,000 stones of Kawanakajima.

After all, Ieyasu's child was the only one, and I was able to succeed in my career and worship Kokudaka, who was as good as the three families. Air begins to flow.

From around this time, Tadateru was rumors of orgy . Begins to stand.

For the same reason, Tadanao Matsudaira (son of Hideyasu Yuki) I don't know if Tadateru's orgy is really a lie, considering that he has been punished. However, perhaps Ieyasu, the great man, and Hidetada, the shogun, began to treat Tadateru blatantly, perhaps because he saw this rumor as an opportunity.

Also, unfortunately, he was Tadateru's chief retainer at the same time Okubo Nagayasu . Made a big mistake, and both his master, Tadateru, and his father-in-law, Masamune, were suspected.

And Siege of Osaka However, winter camp Then, I was pressed by the answering machine of Edo Castle and did not participate, but in the summer camp, I was asked and answered with Hidetada's vassal due to lack of communication. I will.

Because of that, Ieyasu and Hidetada scolded me a lot because I couldn't fight because I was late for the battle. As expected, Masamune couldn't follow Tadateru because he didn't have good wisdom.

It is said that this was Ieyasu's strategy to defeat Tadateru and solidify Hidetada's ground.





I couldn't see the death of my father, Ieyasu

The siege of Osaka has been completed June 1616 Ieyasu is finally in critical condition.

Tadateru Matsudaira is the son of Ieyasu Tokugawa, even though he is being treated coldly.

Perhaps he wanted to see his father's death, his mother and Ieyasu's concubine, Nankobo Tenkai . Ieyasu refused to ask for an interview. In the end, I couldn't meet him, and I just told him about the death of my father, Ieyasu.

Even if I hate this much, I have a feeling that I would like to meet, so I have to put a question mark on the rumors of orgy.

Rehabilitation and exile by his brother Hidetada Tokugawa

When Ieyasu died, he became the second shogun Hidetada Tokugawa . Formally exiles Tadateru I was treated to.

It was sent to Hida Takayama and Shinano Suwa In the mountains where it is difficult to go back and forth between Edo and Sunpu, there is no hope of forgiveness by any means.

It was rumored that Date Masamune, who was a mother-in-law, was planning a coup d'etat behind the sending of a European envoy, and Tadateru Tokugawa was behind this. It is believed that was involved, or that only the name was involved.

Richard Cocks who was in Edo around this time According to the diary of a British merchant, [ There seems to be a plan to defeat the current shogun and make Masamune and Tadateru a new king . ] Is coming out.

Masamune's ambitions were still famous at that time, and if Ieyasu Tokugawa and Hidetada had similar information, it would be natural that Tadateru had to do something for the sake of the Shogunate. In that case, the Date clan would also be excluded, but the shogunate side at that time probably did not have the option of competing with the Date clan immediately after excluding the daimyo Toyotomi clan.

The conclusion reached there is [ Tadateru's reform is the best to make it comfortable ] It may be that.

Tadateru, who was 92 years old and had a long life despite his pitiful life

Tadateru was exiled, but he was a high-ranking person, so he spent his last years in a decent castle. He died 1683 It was a long life, which was rare in this era when I was 92 years old. Hidetada has already passed away, and the fifth shogun, Tsunayoshi Tokugawa It was the era of.

Moreover, even after his death, he will be treated as a sinner and will enter the Showa era.

Tadateru, who was exiled at the age of 25, was exiled for three-quarters of his life.

His life in Suwa's exile mansion is recorded as having swam in Lake Suwa, not because he was imprisoned, but because of his interaction with local cultural figures.

He died as a sinner, and even in the Showa era, he was still a sinner in history, but in 1984, 300 years after his death, he was finally pardoned by the current Tokugawa family. have become.

The reason is Teishoin where Tadateru in Suwa is buried. The chief priest of [ Tadateru came up with a dream, "Can you forgive me?" ] It seems that it was from. It's true that most of the crimes were exiled without the person's knowledge, and I think you can see that if you have been exiled for such a long time, you will be exiled.

Even so, there is no such thing as tatari, so I think the person named Tadateru really had kindness.

The heyday of Matsudaira Tadateru's life was during the two years of the Takada domain, when he lived with his wife, Irohahime, and had a dream of foreign culture with his father-in-law, Date Masamune. Tadateru was talented and loved by the lords, and was regarded as dangerous by his real father and brother, but it is said that he had no desire for politics and self-revealing and did not complain about the treatment from the Shogunate side. I am.

That's the only thing Tadateru leaked ...

[ I wanted to live quietly in Gorohachi and Takada if I could ... ]

He was a short feudal lord for two years, but I feel he loved the city of Takada and his wife very much.

He wasn't actually hated by Ieyasu ...

So far, Tadateru has written an episode in which he was disliked by his father, Ieyasu, and lived a pitiful life, but wasn't he actually disliked? There is also an anecdote that says.

That is the wild wind whistle It's a legend.

When Ieyasu realizes his death, Tadateru's mother, Lady Chaa , is in front of the second shogun, Hidetada. [ Wild wind whistle ] Was entrusted to Tadateru. The wild wind flute was called [Tenkajin no Flute], which was loved by Oda Nobunaga and passed down to Hideyoshi and Ieyasu. Teishoin mentioned earlier even now in Reiwa It is said that it remains in.

It is said that once a wild-style whistle is blown in the field, 100,000 armored warriors will appear from the earth, which means the existence of 100,000 Christian warriors who secretly sided with Tadateru who was a Christian. It is said that Hidetada was shaken up.

It is [ Tadateru should not be a nuisance ] And sent a silent message from Ieyasu to Hidetada, and to Tadateru [ Don't blow this whistle . ] Was told.

I don't know what Ieyasu intended to give Tadateru a whistle, but [ live long and remain a hump above the eyes of the Edo Shogunate ] Is said to have been advised. In fact, after Ieyasu's death, the shogunate seemed to have continued to restrain Tadateru, who was afraid of the existence of Tadateru, who was full of humanity and talent. It is said that it was.

Teishoin in Suwa City According to the chief priest, the wild wind whistle can still be blown if it is well preserved.