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(1575-1631) was a Japanese daimyo
Daimyo

The were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. The term derives from a shortening of the title , which literally means "great named land" and originally simply referred to the owner of a large estate....
 of the early Edo period
Edo period

The , or , is a division of History of Japan running from 1603 to 1868. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu....
, who ruled the Kuwana Domain
Kuwana Domain

The was a Japanese Han of the Edo period, located in Ise Province ....
 and then the Himeji Domain
Himeji Domain

The was a Japanese Han of the Edo Period, located in Harima Province ....
. He was the son of Honda Tadakatsu
Honda Tadakatsu

, also called 'Honda Heihachiro' , was a Japanese general of the late Sengoku Period through early Edo period, who served Tokugawa Ieyasu....
.

Tadamasa's first battle was during the Siege of Odawara
Siege of Odawara

Odawara Castle in today's Odawara, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, was besieged three times.*Siege of Odawara - a two-month siege by Uesugi Kenshin, which was abandoned when Takeda Shingen threatened Kenshin's territories...
, in 1590; he also fought at the Battle of Sekigahara
Battle of Sekigahara

The , popularly known as the , was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 which cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu. Though it would take three more years for Ieyasu to consolidate his position of power over the Toyotomi clan and the daimyo, Sekigahara is widely considered to be the unofficial beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate,...
 in 1600. After his father's retirement in 1609, he succeeded to the Honda family headship, becoming the second generation lord of the Kuwana Domain
Kuwana Domain

The was a Japanese Han of the Edo period, located in Ise Province ....
. Several years later, he took part in the Siege of Osaka
Siege of Osaka

The was a series of battles undertaken by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in that clan's destruction. Divided into two stages , and lasting from 1614 to 1615, the siege put an end to the last major armed opposition to the shogunate's establishment....
, and received the Himeji Domain
Himeji Domain

The was a Japanese Han of the Edo Period, located in Harima Province ....
, with 150,000 koku
Koku

The is a unit of volume in Japan, equal to ten cubic shaku. In this definition, 3.5937 koku equal one cubic metre, i.e. 1 koku is approximately 278.3 litres....
 of territory, as a reward.

Tadamasa's wife was Kumahime, the daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu

Japanese name|Tokugawa}} was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara  in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868....
's eldest son Matsudaira Nobuyasu.






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(1575-1631) was a Japanese daimyo
Daimyo

The were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. The term derives from a shortening of the title , which literally means "great named land" and originally simply referred to the owner of a large estate....
 of the early Edo period
Edo period

The , or , is a division of History of Japan running from 1603 to 1868. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu....
, who ruled the Kuwana Domain
Kuwana Domain

The was a Japanese Han of the Edo period, located in Ise Province ....
 and then the Himeji Domain
Himeji Domain

The was a Japanese Han of the Edo Period, located in Harima Province ....
. He was the son of Honda Tadakatsu
Honda Tadakatsu

, also called 'Honda Heihachiro' , was a Japanese general of the late Sengoku Period through early Edo period, who served Tokugawa Ieyasu....
.

Tadamasa's first battle was during the Siege of Odawara
Siege of Odawara

Odawara Castle in today's Odawara, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, was besieged three times.*Siege of Odawara - a two-month siege by Uesugi Kenshin, which was abandoned when Takeda Shingen threatened Kenshin's territories...
, in 1590; he also fought at the Battle of Sekigahara
Battle of Sekigahara

The , popularly known as the , was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 which cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu. Though it would take three more years for Ieyasu to consolidate his position of power over the Toyotomi clan and the daimyo, Sekigahara is widely considered to be the unofficial beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate,...
 in 1600. After his father's retirement in 1609, he succeeded to the Honda family headship, becoming the second generation lord of the Kuwana Domain
Kuwana Domain

The was a Japanese Han of the Edo period, located in Ise Province ....
. Several years later, he took part in the Siege of Osaka
Siege of Osaka

The was a series of battles undertaken by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in that clan's destruction. Divided into two stages , and lasting from 1614 to 1615, the siege put an end to the last major armed opposition to the shogunate's establishment....
, and received the Himeji Domain
Himeji Domain

The was a Japanese Han of the Edo Period, located in Harima Province ....
, with 150,000 koku
Koku

The is a unit of volume in Japan, equal to ten cubic shaku. In this definition, 3.5937 koku equal one cubic metre, i.e. 1 koku is approximately 278.3 litres....
 of territory, as a reward.

Tadamasa's wife was Kumahime, the daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu

Japanese name|Tokugawa}} was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara  in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868....
's eldest son Matsudaira Nobuyasu. Their eldest son, Honda Tadatoki
Honda Tadatoki

was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period.Tadatoki was born as the eldest son of Honda Tadamasa. His mother Kumahime was a granddaughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga....
 (the husband of Tokugawa Hidetada
Tokugawa Hidetada

was the second shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Tokugawa bakufu....
's daughter Senhime
Senhime

Senhime or Princess Sen was the eldest daughter of the shogun Tokugawa Hidetada and his wife Oeyo. She was born during the Sengoku Period of History of Japan....
), was in line to inherit the Himeji Domain. However, as Tadatoki died in 1626, at age 31, the domain went to his younger brother Tadatomo
Honda Tadatomo

a retainer of the Japanese clan of Tokugawa clan following the Azuchi-Momoyama period of the 16th century to the Edo period of the 17th century of Japan....
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