TokugawaIi
Ii Naotaka
井伊直孝
“The Red Devil of Ii (Second)”
1590–1659 (aged 70)
- Rank / office
- Director of the Palace Storehouse / Middle Captain of the Left
- Domain / base
- Hikone, Ōmi
- Banner / crest
- Hikone tachibana
- Battles in 3D
- 1 battle
Portrait · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Born the second son of Ii Naomasa, he was ordered by Ieyasu to lead the Ii forces in place of his elder brother Naotsugu. In the winter siege of Osaka, seeing the Maeda in difficulty, he raced them for the honour and charged the Hatchōme gate, but was caught in crossfire from the Sanada-maru and the outer wall and lost many men. In the summer campaign the following year he killed Kimura Shigenari at Wakae and led the vanguard in the decisive battle at Tennōji and Okayama, making his name throughout the realm. After the war he was formally made lord of Hikone, and as adviser to the third shogun Iemitsu and the fourth, Ietsuna, carried great weight in the shogunate. Hikone grew to 300,000 koku and became the senior house among the hereditary vassals.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1590Tenshō 18
Birth
Born the second son of Ii Naomasa.
- 1614Keichō 19
Winter Siege of Osaka
Charged the Hatchōme gate of the Sanada-maru and was driven back under crossfire.
Winter Siege of Osaka 4,000 troops Watch in 3D › Heir to the "Red Devils" of the Ii. Seeing the Maeda in trouble, he raced them for the honour and charged the Hatchōme gate, only to be caught in crossfire from the Sanada-maru and the outer wall and driven back. - 1615Keichō 20
Battle of Wakae
Killed Kimura Shigenari in the summer siege of Osaka and made his name.
- 1633Kan'ei 10
300,000 koku
Through repeated grants Hikone reached 300,000 koku, establishing the senior rank among hereditary vassals.
- 1659Manji 2
Death in Edo
Died at seventy, a pillar of the shogunate.
