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(February 16, 1556 – November 9, 1630) 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 Azuchi-Momoyama period
Azuchi-Momoyama period

The came at the end of the Sengoku period in Japan, when the political unification that preceded the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate took place....
 through 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....
. He rose from relatively humble origins as an ashigaru
Ashigaru

The Japanese ashigaru were conscription infantry of medieval Japan. During the Muromachi period, ashigaru were employed by the shogun as his personal army....
 (a foot soldier) to become a daimyo. 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
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....
, who became his last master. He was promoted rapidly under Hashiba Hidenaga, the younger brother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Toyotomi Hideyoshi

was a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan. He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Sengoku period. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, after Hideyoshi's castle....
, and he participated in the invasions of Korea as a commander of Toyotomi's fleet.






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(February 16, 1556 – November 9, 1630) 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 Azuchi-Momoyama period
Azuchi-Momoyama period

The came at the end of the Sengoku period in Japan, when the political unification that preceded the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate took place....
 through 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....
. He rose from relatively humble origins as an ashigaru
Ashigaru

The Japanese ashigaru were conscription infantry of medieval Japan. During the Muromachi period, ashigaru were employed by the shogun as his personal army....
 (a foot soldier) to become a daimyo. 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
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....
, who became his last master. He was promoted rapidly under Hashiba Hidenaga, the younger brother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Toyotomi Hideyoshi

was a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan. He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Sengoku period. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, after Hideyoshi's castle....
, and he participated in the invasions of Korea as a commander of Toyotomi's fleet. His fiefdom at that time was Iyo
Iyo Province

was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today Ehime Prefecture on Shikoku. Iyo bordered on Awa province , Sanuki province, and Tosa Provinces....
-Uwajima. During the 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....
, the wealth of each fiefdom was measured as a volume of rice production in 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....
. Iyo-Uwajima was assessed at 70,000 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....
.

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, although he was one of Toyotomi's main generals, he sided with Tokugawa Ieyasu. After 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
Iga Province

was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today western Mie Prefecture. Iga bordered on Ise Province, Omi Province, Yamato Province, and Yamashiro Province provinces....
 and Ise
Ise Province

or Seishu was a Provinces of Japan of Japan including most of modern Mie Prefecture. Ise bordered Iga Province, Kii Province, Mino Province, Omi Province, Owari Province, Shima Province, and Yamato Provinces....
), a domain of 320,000 koku.

Todo Takatora is also famous for excelling in castle design. He is said to have been involved in building as many as twenty castles.

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