00:00Kyogoku Takatsugu is a daimyo, feudal lord, of the province of Omi and the province of Wakasa of the
00:05end of the Sengoku period in Japanese history.
00:08Takatsugu is the founder of the modern Kyogoku clan. His ancestors had been powerful since the 13th century, but their fortune
00:14had weakened after the Ona war.
00:17Takatsugu had forced himself to rebuild his family's lost power. Takatsugu allied himself with Nobunaga Oda and
00:23After the latter's death, Takatsugu became a foudai daimyo, hereditary vassal, of the Toyotomi.
00:29Hideyoshi installed Takatsugu at Otsu Castle, 60,000 koku, in Omi Province. In 1600, he
00:35He joined the Tokugawa clan. On the very day of the Battle of Sekigahara, he failed at the Siege of Otsu, but the victory
00:40Yeyasu Tokugawa's visit to Sekigahara limited the consequences of this defeat.
00:44That same year, Takatsugu was awarded the Obama estate, worth 92,000 kokus, in Wakasa province.
00:51Under the Tokugawa shogunate, the Kyogoku were identified as Tosama daimyo, or foreigners, unlike the foudai daimyo who were the
00:58hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa.
01:00Under the Tokugawa shogunate, the Kyogoku were identified as Tosama daimyo or foreigners, unlike the foudaïs.
01:00Under the Tokugawa shogunate, the Kyogoku were identified as Tosama daimyo or foreigners, unlike the foudaïs.
01:00Subtitling by Radio-Canada
Commentaires