16th-Century AD Japanese samurai, general and daimyo
Honda Tadakatsu
(
本多 忠勝
, March 17, 1548 ? December 3, 1610)
, also called
Honda Heihachir?
(本多 平八?) was a Japanese
samurai
, general, and
daimyo
of the late
Sengoku
through early
Edo periods
, who served
Tokugawa Ieyasu
.
Honda Tadakatsu was one of the
Tokugawa Four Heavenly Kings
(Shitenn?) along with
Ii Naomasa
,
Sakakibara Yasumasa
, and
Sakai Tadatsugu
.
[3]
It was reported that he never suffered any single wound despite participating in a total of 57 military campaign throughout his life.
For his fighting prowess on the battlefield Honda Tadakatsu has earned many praises from various contemporary figures such as
Oda Nobunaga
,
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
, and even Ieyasu himself
Biography
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Tadakatsu was born in 1548,
[4]
in Kuramae,
Nukata
,
Mikawa Province
(present-day Nishi-Kuramae,
Okazaki
,
Aichi Prefecture
),
[5]
the eldest son of Honda Tadataka. The
Honda clan
was one of the oldest
Anj? fudai
families, a family of
fudai daimyo
who had been serving Tokugawa Ieyasu since he was in
Anj?
.
[4]
In 1560, Tadakatsu participated his first battle in the battle of Washizu Fort, where he accompaning his father.
[6]
Later, he also participated in Ieyasu's campaign during the siege of
?taka Castle
which occurred before the
Battle of Okehazama
.
[7]
In 1561, It was said that when he just reached 14 old age, Tadakatsu recorded his first kill in battle. At first his uncle, Honda Tadazane, killed an enemy samurai and asked Tadakatsu to cut off the corpse head as trophy for Tadakatsu. However, Tadakatsu stated that he did not want to rely on others to achieve military merit. Tadakatsu followed suit by charging towards the enemy rank and made his own trophy by killing an enemy by his own hand.
[6]
[8]
[9]
Tadakatsu, who became the head of the core branch of Honda clan, at first were a follower of
J?do Shinsh?
(True pure land Buddhism). However, as radical sectarian rebels of
Ikk?-ikki
which following J?do Shinsh? broke out, Tadakatsu abandoned J?do Shinsh? and changing his faith to
J?do-sh?
(pure land Buddhism), as he stay loyal to Ieyasu.
[10]
[11]
Tadakatsu joined
Ina Tadatsugu
, Sakai Tadatsugu, Mizuno Sanzaemon,
Torii Mototada
, ?kubo Tadakatsu, and Ishikawa Tadanari to support Ieyasu in suppression of
Ikk?-ikki
.
[12]
Around 1561-1563, The
Ietada nikki
journal has stated at some point of this rebellion, 200 Tokugawa soldiers led by Tadakatsu and Ishikawa Ienari were ambushed and routed by Ikk?-ikki rebels led by Sakai Tadanao.
[13]
[14]
In June 1564, Tadakatsu competes with Hachiya Sadatsugu
[a]
to be appointed as vanguard commander to attack
Yoshida Castle
. In the end, Tadakatsu were chosen to lead the troops and they manage to defeat the garrison and forcing the castle to surrender. However, Sadatsugu were killed during the battle by the enemy commander Masanori Kawai.
[16]
[17]
[18]
In 1566 , at the age of 19, Tadakatsu was promoted
Hatamoto
and was given command of 54 cavalry soldiers.
[19]
Campaign against Asakura-Azai alliance
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in 1570, Tadakatsu gained distinction at the
Battle of Anegawa
against
Azai
and
Asakura
clans along with Tokugawa's ally,
Oda Nobunaga
.
[20]
In this battle, Tadakatsu was placed in the left flank along with
?kubo Tadayo
.
[21]
It was recorded that at the beginning of this battle, as the Tokugawa army steadily pushed back by the Asakura army, then suddenly Tadakatsu rode his horse and charging alone against the approaching 10,000-strong Asakura army. Seeing this, the panicked Ieyasu immediately leading his forces to counter the advance of Asakura and to save Tadakatsu, which in the end they manage to defeat the Asakura army. Tadakatsu survived the battle despite the grave danger he faced.
[22]
There is also a report of single combat between Honda Tadakatsu against a giant Asakura warrior named
Magara Naotaka
or also known as Magara Jurozaemon. However, The duel was cut short as during their duel, the Asakura army started to retreat.
[b]
After Tokugawa force was done dealing with Asakura force, they immediately dispatch Yasumasa and Honda Tadakatsu troops to assist Oda Nobunaga who were struggling against the Azai army. As Yasumasa and Tadakatsu struck the right flank of Azai Nagamasa's formation in subsequent with
Inaba Yoshimichi
slammed into Nagamasa's left flank, they finally manage to overcame the Azai army.
[24]
Campaign against Takeda clan
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In 1572, during the
Takeda clan
campaign in Mikawa, Tadakatsu participated in the forces of Tokugawa. Ieyasu sent him,
Nait? Nobunari
,
[25]
and
?kubo Tadasuke
,
[26]
to lead the vanguard, where they meet Takeda forces led by
Yamagata Masakage
and
Baba Nobuharu
at the
battle of Hitokotosaka
.
[27]
It is said that in this battle Tadakatsu gained recognition from the enemy forces for his antler helmet and his Tonbo-giri spear for his exploit in staving off the charges of Baba Nobuharu units.
[7]
[28]
[29]
[30]
In the end of this battle, Tadakatsu and Nait? Nobunari fought well, as both of them managed to break through from the encirclement attempts by Takeda forces and managed to lead the Tokugawa forces to escape safely.
[25]
In 1573, Tadakatsu also served at Tokugawa's greatest defeat, the
Battle of Mikatagahara
, where he commanded the left wing of his master's army, facing off against troops under one of the Takeda clan's more notable generals,
Nait? Masatoyo
.
[31]
In the prelude of Tadakatsu manage to ward off the first wave, however, the Tokugawa forces getting overrun by the next waves of Takeda forces.
[32]
In the last phase of the battle, Tadakatsu reportedly fought alongside Sakakibara Yasumasa engaging
Takeda clan
general named Oyamada Masayuki, while
Ishikawa Kazumasa
were busy covering the retreat of Ieyasu from the battle.
[33]
In the end, the Tokugawa forces manage to withdraw safely from the battle due to dexterous performance of Tadakatsu in organizing the cover of their retreat.
[27]
Later in the same year, Tadakatsu and Sakakibara Yasumasa were tasked to capture the
Nagashino Castle
. Both of them manage to defeat the Takeda clan armies which guarded the castle and completed their mission to capture it.
[34]
Aside from that, Tadakatsu also captured many other castles in
T?t?mi Province
from Takeda clan.
[35]
In 1575, during the conflict between Oda-Tokugawa alliance against
Takeda Katsuyori
, when the latter invaded Ensh? province, Tadakatsu and Sakakibara fought under the Tokugawa forces against Katsuyori, where they captured the Komyo castle in June.
[36]
[37]
Later in the same month, Tadakatsu was one of those Tokugawa generals present at the
Battle of Nagashino
in 1575. Honda commanded a rank of musketeers as the combined Oda-Tokugawa forces annihilated the
Takeda Katsuyori
army, due to the skillful use of ranked muskets, as they fired in cycling volleys.
[38]
In this battle, units under Tadakatsu were facing against Yamagata Masakage, who is killed on his track by a shot from Tadakatsu's riflemen.
[39]
[40]
[41]
At some point of this battle, 1,500 Takeda soldiers under
Nait? Masatoyo
manage to breaking through with 24 men managing to climb the third fence of Oda-Tokugawa force defensive position. Masatoyo was said almost reaching Ieyasu's main camp, until Tadakatsu, Sakakibara Yasumasa, and Osuga Yasutaka coming in to block his way. One source recorded that Tadakatsu took his spear and personally engaging Masatoyo's soldiers on the frontline, preventing them to encroach further.
[c]
Tadakatsu fought hard until the Masatoyo's corps were annihilated, while Masatoyo himself captured.
[42]
Kansei Ch?sh? Shokafu
chronicle has recorded that in the final phase of the battle, Tadakatsu fought ferociously until the Takeda forces routed, while a retainer of Honda clan named Kaji Masamichi managed to take the heads of Yamagata Masakage and Baba Nobuharu as a prize.
[43]
Immediately after the Nagashino battle, Tadakatsu and Sakakibara Yasumasa attacked and captured the Suwahara Castle.
[44]
In 1581, Tadakatsu participated in the Tokugawa army attack on Tanaka castle which guarded by Takeda clan general named
Ichij? Nobutatsu
. In this battle, Tadakatsu fought together with Matsudaira Ietada, Sakakibara Yasumasa, and Ii Naomasa as they all climbed to Tanaka castle wall and fighting Nobutatsu's soldiers.
[45]
[46]
[47]
[48]
Later during the
Siege of Takatenjin
, Tokugawa forces under Tadakatsu and others stormed the castle managed to kill a Takeda general named
Okabe Motonobu
.
[49]
Later in the same year, Tadakatsu also defeat the army of
Takeda Nobukado
.
[45]
Later, in March of same year, According to
Meish? genk?-roku
record, After the death of
Takeda Katsuyori
at the
Battle of Tenmokuzan
in 1582 and subjugated the
Takeda clan
territories, Ieyasu
organized a kish?mon(blood oath)
with many samurai clans that formerly was a vassal of Takeda clan to be assigned under the command of Tokugawa clan retainers.
[50]
Among those who has assigned the commands of the former Takeda samurais was Honda Tadakatsu, who received a command over 60 members of Asari clan led by Asari Masatane.
[51]
[52]
[53]
After Nobunaga's death
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In 1582, after the
Honn?-ji Incident
, Tadakatsu accompanied Ieyasu in an
arduous journey
to escape the enemies of Nobunaga in
Sakai
and returning to
Mikawa
. However, their journey were very dangerous due to the existence of
"Ochimusha-gari"
groups across the route.
[54]
[54]
[d]
During this journey, Tadakatsu and other senior Ieyasu retainers such as Sakai Tadatsugu and Ii Naomasa fought their way out against the raids and harassments from Ochimusha-gari (Samurai hunters) outlaws during their march escorting Ieyasu, while sometimes also paying bribes of gold and silver to the Ochimusha-gari gangs which they could bribe.
[57]
Arthur Lindsay Sadler
said that Tadakatsu often "repelling the bandits" during this journey.
[58]
As they reached Kada, an area between
Kameyama town
and Iga,
[59]
The attacks from Ochimusha-gari finally ended as they reached the territory of
K?ka ikki
clans of
Jizamurai
who are friendly to the Tokugawa clan. The Koka ikki samurais helping them killing Ochimusha-gari and then escorting them until they reached
Iga Province
, where they further protected by samurai clans from
Iga ikki
which accompany the Ieyasu group until they safely reach Mikawa.
[54]
The
Ietada nikki
journal has recorded that the escorts of Ieyasu has suffered around 200 casualties and only 34 person left when they finally arrived at Ietada residence in Mikawa.
[60]
[61]
In 1584, Tadakatsu finest moment came in the
Komaki Campaign
. Left at Komaki while Ieyasu departed to engage Toyotomi troops at Nagakute, Tadakatsu observed a huge host under Hideyoshi himself move out in pursuit. With a handful of men, Tadakatsu rode out and challenged the Toyotomi army from the opposite bank of the
Sh?nai River
. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was said to have been impressed by Tadakatsu and commanded his army to not attack the small units of Tadakatsu.
[62]
After the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute, the front line in northern Owari reached stalemate. Ieyasu and
Oda Nobukatsu
led 20,000 soldiers and besieged three castles: Kanie Castle, Maeda Castle, and Shimoichiba Castle.
[63]
The Kanie castle were defended by
Maeda Nagatane
and
Takigawa Kazumasu
. Tadatsugu, Okanabe Mori, and Yamaguchi Shigemasa spearheading the attack towards Shimoichiba castle.
[64]
[65]
On June 22, Nobukatsu and Ieyasu launch an all-out attack on Kanie Castle. The soldiers led by Tadatsugu, While Tadakatsu, Ishikawa Kazumasa, Ii Naomasa, Sakakibara Yasumasa, and Matsudaira Ietada deployed in reserve before entering the battle with Ieyasu himself.
[66]
On June 23, Ieyasu entered the castle with Sakakibara Yasumasa, thus the castle were subdued.
[63]
Famed Four Tokugawa's Guardians under Toyotomi Regency
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on November 13, 1585,
Ishikawa Kazumasa
defected from Ieyasu to Hideyoshi.
This accident caused Ieyasu to undergone massive reforms of the structures of Tokugawa clan military government. At first, Ieyasu ordered Torii Mototada, who served as the county magistrate of Kai, to collect military laws, weapons, and military equipment from the time of Takeda Shingen and bring them to Hamamatsu Castle (Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture). Later, he also appointed two former Takeda vassals, Naruse Masakazu and Okabe Masatsuna, as magistrates under authority of Ii Naomasa and Honda Tadakatsu, while he also ordered all of former Takeda vassals who now serve him to impart any military doctrines and structures they knew during their service under Takeda clan.
[68]
, and lastly, he ordered the three of his prime generals, the so-called "
Tokugawa Four Heavenly Kings
," Ii Naomasa, Honda Tadakatsu, and Sakakibara Yasumasa, to serve as supreme commander of this new military regiments.
[69]
In 1586, according to "
Sakakibara clan
historical records", Ieyasu sent Tadakatsu, Sakakibara Yasumasa and Ii Naomasa as representatives to
Kyoto
, where three of them being regarded as "
Tokugawa Sanketsu
"(Three great nobles of Tokugawa).
[70]
Then in following month, the three of them joined by Sakai Tadatsugu to accompany Ieyasu in his personal trip to Kyoto, where the four of them became famous as "Four Tokugawa Guardians".
[e]
Tadakatsu also rewarded with several ranks promotion here.
[71]
In 1590, Tokugawa Ieyasu participated in Hideyoshi Toyotomi
campaign against H?j? clan
and sent Tadakatsu,
Torii Mototada
,
Hiraiwa Chikayoshi
, and his other vassals to command the Tokugawa army to subdue various branches of castles controlled by the H?j? clan.
[72]
Tadakatsu and Sakai Ietsugu captured
Sakura Castle
and fought against the Chiba clan, allies of the
H?j?
in
Shim?sa Province
.
[
citation needed
]
Tadakatsu besieged
Tamanawa Castle
which defended by H?j? Ujikatsu, until it fallen in April 21 and forcing Ujikatsu to abandon the castle.
[40]
[73]
In May 19, Tadakatsu,
Torii Mototada
,
Hiraiwa Chikayoshi
, and Kawakubo Nobutoshi, joined with Asano Nagamasa and Shigeka, forming 20,000 strong advance troops besieging
Iwatsuki Castle
. The forces of Honda clan under Tadakatsu's vassal, Kaji Masamichi, entered the castle and then go up to the top floor, where Masamichi raised a black flag to the outside to signalling their allies to follow suit entering the castle.
[43]
Iwatsuki castle has fallen in May 22.
[74]
In May 14, Tokugawa troops detachment under Tadakatsu, Shimada Toshimasa, and Torii Mototada were attaching themselves to the Toyotomi army besieging
Hachigata Castle
, with total strength of 35,000. On June 13, When Tadakatsu was deployed under Asano Nagamasa, he carried a cannon up a nearby mountain and began firing it into the castle, which causing severe damage to the castle, prompting its defender, Ujikuni, surrendered the castle in exchange for sparing the lives of the castle's soldiers. the castle fallen in June 14.
[73]
During this campaign, Tadakatsu also subdued Mangi Castle, which he temporarily settled in.
[f]
[76]
Later in the same year, when Ieyasu was transferred to the
Kant? region
,, Ieyasu promoted him from
daimy?
/lord of the
?taki
Domain
(
100
000
koku
) in
Isumi District
,
Kazusa Province
, to the
Kuwana
Domain (
150
000
koku
) as a reward for his service.
[77]
In addition, his son
Honda Tadatomo
became daimyo of ?taki.
[78]
It was said the reason why Ieyasu placed Tadakatsu far from Edo was due to Ieyasu's policy of placing his
Fudai daimy?
on the borders in anticipation of potential enemy invasion. Yasumasa was preparing against the Sanada clan and Uesugi clan in the north, while Tadakatsu was prepared to anticipate potential aggression from the
Satomi clan
in
Awa Province
.
[79]
In 1591, after one year settling in Mangi castle, Tadakatsu move into Otaki Castle.
[80]
Later, Ieyasu Tokugawa brought Tadakatsu, Sakakibara Yasumasa, and Ii Naomasa to participate in the suppression of
Kunohe rebellion
.
[81]
[82]
Sekigahara campaign
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In 1600, Tadakatsu had a major role in the Tokugawa campaign against
Ishida Mitsunari
faction. Before the start of the conflict, Tadakatsu also played diplomatic role as he entered negotiation with Kat? Sadayasu , daimyo of
H?ki Province
, and swayed him to side with Tokugawa faction.
[83]
On August 21, The Eastern army alliance which sided with Ieyasu Tokugawa attacked Takegahana castle which defended by
Oda Hidenobu
, who sides with Mitsunari faction.
[84]
They split themselves into two groups, where 18,000 soldiers led by
Ikeda Terumasa
and
Asano Yoshinaga
went to the river crossing, while 16,000 soldiers led by Naomasa,
Fukushima Masanori
,
Hosokawa Tadaoki
, Kyogoku Kochi, Kuroda Nagamasa,
Kat? Yoshiaki
,
T?d? Takatora
, Tanaka Yoshimasa, and Honda Tadakatsu went downstream at
Ichinomiya
.
[85]
The first group led by Terumasa crossed the Kiso River and engaged in a battle at Yoneno, causing the Hidenobu army routed. On the other hand, Takegahana castle were reinforced by a Western army faction's general named Sugiura Shigekatsu. The Eastern army led by Naomasa and Fukushima crossed the river and directly attacked Takegahana Castle at 9:00 AM on the August 22nd. Shigekatsu himself setting the castle on fire and committed suicide as a final act of defiance.
[84]
On September 29, Tadakatsu and Masanori led their army to rendezvous with Ikeda Terumasa army, where they engaged Oda Hidenobu army in the
Battle of Gifu Castle
. crossing a river near Hagiwara and Ogoe town, and approached the
Gifu Castle
with total 35,000 soldiers.
[86]
In this battle, Hidenobu castle were deprived the expected support from Ishikawa Sadakiyo (石川貞?), who decided to not help the Western army in this war after he made an agreement with Naomasa. Hidenobu was prepared to commit seppuku, but was persuaded by Ikeda Terumasa and others to surrender to the eastern forces, and the Gifu Castle fell.
[87]
[88]
In October, Tadakatsu participated in the
Battle of Kuisegawa
. At first, two Tokugawa generals Nakamura Kazuhide and Arima Toyouji fell into a trap of ambush from the flanks as they were pursuing the fleeing Western Army officers
Shima Sakon
and
Akashi Teruzumi
. However, the timely intervention of Tadakatsu gave space for Kazuhide and Toyouji to escape from Sakon aggression, and Tadakatsu managed to halt the western army from pursuing his comrades.
[89]
[90]
Later, Honda Tadakatsu participated at the
Battle of Sekigahara
as one of Eastern army commander.
[91]
At some point during this battle, Tadakatsu rode his horse,
"Migoku-Kuro"
, to penetrate the ranks of the camps of
Shimazu Yoshihiro
and
Ukita Hideie
, two of Western Army commanders. However, Tadakatsu's beloved horse Migoku-Kuro was shot (or, according to one theory, hit by an arrow) during this moment, forcing Tadakatsu to desperately fought in the middle of by enemy soldiers encirclement, until his senior vassal, Katsutada Kaji, immediately came to his rescue and offered his horse to Tadakatsu from being surrounded by the enemies.
[92]
?ta Gy?ichi
chronicles of
Daifu-K? gunki
has recorded, after several western army generals such as
?tani Yoshitsugu
and
Shima Sakon
along with his son were slain in the battle, Tadakatsu units surging forward against the western army unimpeded until reached Nakasuji, causing the western army to rout and flee down to the Tamafuji River.
[93]
After the victory of Ieyasu forces in Sekigahara, Ieyasu rewarded Tadakatsu with domain increase of 150,000 koku. However, Tadakatsu refused this promotion, so Ieyasu instead assigned reward of 50,000 to Tadakatsu's son instead.
[4]
Tadakatsu and Ii Naomasa engaged in peace agreement with
M?ri Terumoto
.
[94]
Itazaka Bokusai (1578-1655), personal physician of Tokugawa Ieyasu, has recorded a memorial from anonymous soldier from Sekigahara in his work,
"Keich? Chronicle"
, that after Ishida Mitsunari was caught and brought in to be executed, Tadakatsu came close while bowed politely towards Mitsunari, and saying "Lord Mitsunari has made a mistake".
[95]
Retirement & death
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In 1609, Tadakatsu retired, and his other son
Tadamasa
took over the position of the head of Honda clan.
[96]
Tadakatsu's daughter,
Komatsuhime
was
Sanada Nobuyuki
's lawful wife and mother of
Sanada Nobumasa
, daimy? of
Matsushiro Domain
. His grandson,
Tadatoki
, married the granddaughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu,
Senhime
. Despite his years of loyal service, Tadakatsu became increasingly estranged from the
Tokugawa shogunate
(Bakufu government) as it evolved from a military to a civilian political institution. This was a fate shared by many other warriors of the time, who were not able to make the conversion from the chaotic lifetime of warfare of the Sengoku period to the more stable peace of the Tokugawa shogunate.
[
citation needed
]
Personal info
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]
Tadakatsu reputation has gained praise from
Oda Nobunaga
, has praised him,
[8]
called him a "samurai among samurai".
[
citation needed
]
Moreover,
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
noted that the best samurai were "Honda Tadakatsu in the east and
Tachibana Muneshige
in the west".
[97]
[98]
Even
Takeda Shingen
praised Honda, saying that "he is a luxury of Tokugawa Ieyasu". It was widely acknowledged that he was a reputed samurai, war hero and a loyal retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
[99]
Tadakatsu is nicknamed as "The Warrior who surpassed Death itself" because he never once suffered a significant wound, despite being the veteran of over 57 battles by the end of his life.
[100]
[27]
[96]
An anecdote recorded by Japanese writer Kusudo Yoshiaki has stated that Honda Tadakatsu always compared to another Tokugawa general Ii Naomasa, where despite being lightly armored, Tadakatsu never received any injury during his life, while Naomasa always received wounds every battle despite heavily armored.
[101]
There is anecdote in a record from a descendant of
Sakakibara clan
, that stated despite Tadakatsu exceeding Sakakibara Yasumasa in terms of valor and combat, Yasumasa is better than Tadakatsu in the field leadership skill.
[102]
[103]
Another anecdote spoke about physical strength of Tadakatsu stated he could slice a bamboo in a single slash reed using a wooden
oar
, instead of metal blade.
[8]
The armor set used by Honda Tadakatsu has unique style of two-piece body with iron hinges. Cut iron plates with black lacquer. it has white large
Japamala
rosary is hung across the shoulder to armpit of the armor. The helmet is black lacquer with large deer antler shaped Wakidate(Crests fitted to the sides of a helmet).
[104]
His horse was known as
Mikuniguro
.
Tonbokiri spear
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His spear was named
Tonbokiri
(Dragonfly Cutter), was made by Fujiwara Masazane. it became known as one of the "
Three Great Spears of Japan
". As the modern era preserved, It has 79 centimeters in length.
[105]
According to historical records, Tonbokiri originally has length of 6 meters. However, according to the record of Honda Tadakatsu worlds himself, he purposely shorten the length by 1 meter after he reached advanced age to match his physical demand for carrying such weapons, unlike when he was still young.
[106]
From the bottom of the shaft, the Tonbokiri has inscriptions of
Kaman
of
Fudo Myoo
, the evil-destroying sword
Sankoken
, the
Sa
(Sanskrit) of Sho Kannon
Bodhisattva
, the
Kiriku
of
Amida Tathagata
, and
Jizo
. Each one is engraved with the
ka
(Sanskrit character) for Bodhisattva.
[107]
Legend held that the tip of the spear was so sharp, that a dragonfly that landed on it was cut in two.
[107]
Nakatsukasa sword
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Aside from this incredible spear, Tadakatsu also used the katana
-
Nakatsukasaa
made by
Masamune
(中務正宗),
Nakatsukasa Masamune
(
中務正宗
)
#
[108]
[109]
a 67 cm blade, another
national treasure
of Japan.
[110]
Popular culture
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In theater and other contemporary works, Tadakatsu is often characterized as polar opposite of Ieyasu's other great general,
Ii Naomasa
. While both were fierce warriors of the Tokugawa, Tadakatsu's ability to elude injury is often contrasted with the common depiction of Naomasa enduring many battle wounds, but fighting through them.
[
citation needed
]
Honda Tadakatsu appears in numerous Japanese
jidaigeki
(historical dramas for television) set in the 16th century. He is a minor character in
Akira Kurosawa
's movie
Kagemusha
.
[111]
Honda Tadakatsu, or fictive characters based loosely on the historical figure, appears in several video games and associated anime, including the
Sengoku Basara
games and anime,
Samurai Warriors
,
Warriors Orochi
,
Nioh 2
,
Pokemon Conquest
, and
Kessen
.
Honda appears as a playable character in the Mobile/PC Game titled "Rise of Kingdoms".
[112]
Appendix
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- ^
Hachiya
Hannoj?
Sadatsugu was a relative of
?kubo clan
and former follower of Ikk?-ikki sect led by
K?sa
who rebelled against Samurai daimyo in Mikawa. Sadatsugu later pardoned by Tokugawa Ieyasu.
[11]
[15]
- ^
Daimon Watanabe, professor of
Bukkyo University
, and director of Japan institute of arts and culture stated the historical primary sources about the duel between Tadakatsu and Naotaka were very few and scarce.
[23]
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Honda clan's records.
[42]
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According to Imatani Akira, professor of
Tsuru University
, and Ishikawa Tadashi, assistant professor
University of Central Florida
, during
Sengoku period
there are emergence of particularly dangerous groups called
"Ochimusha-gari"
or "fallen warrior hunt" groups. these groups were decentralized peasant or
R?nin
self-defense forces who operates outside the law, while in actuality they often resorted to hunt Samurais or soldiers who has been defeated in wars.
[55]
[56]
[54]
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However, Murayama did not mention the sobriquet of "Four Guardians" here. He only mention that those four Tokugawa generals "became famous
[70]
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The kanji of Mangi castle could be written either 万木城 or 万喜城 (
Mangi-j?
)
[75]
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