Okubo Tadakazu

• Birth: 1510
• Death: 1582
• Distinction: Tokugawa retainer
• Sons: Okubo Tadayo, Okubo Tadasuke, Okubo Tadatame (1554-1616), Okubo Tadataka (1560-1639)

Tadakazu was a son of Okubo Tadahiro. He served Matsudaira Hirotada and Tokugawa Ieyasu and was active in the latter's struggles against the monto of Mikawa after 1561. While the young Ieyasu was a hostage of the Imagawa, Tadakazu worked effectively to help keep his clan together in his absence.

References

• Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005