Honda Masanobu

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Honda Masanobu (本多 正信; 1538 – July 20, 1616) was a commander and daimyō in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu in Japan during the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods. Masanobu was held in high regard by Matsunaga Hisahide, who viewed him as a rarity among Tokugawa's samurai who mostly known for their martial prowess. However is said that other Tokugawa vassals disliked Masanobu, such as Sakakibara Yasumasa who regarded him as "corrupt", and Honda Tadakatsu thought Masanobu as a coward. Furthermore, Kamehime, Ieyasu's eldest daughter, also held a grudge towards Masanobu, as she blamed him for the fall of Okubo Tadachika, the father-in-law of Kamehime's daughter, during the "Okubo clan's affair" incident around 1613-1614. In his later life, Masanobu advised his son, Masazumi, to never accept the shogun's offer to increase his domain to be more than 30,000-koku.

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