Honda Tadatoki

Honda Tadatoki (本多 忠刻, May 11, 1596 – June 30, 1626) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period.

Honda Tadatoki
1st Lord of Himeji-Shinden
In office 1617–1626
Preceded by	none
Succeeded by	Honda Masatomo
Personal details
Born	May 11, 1596
Died	June 30, 1626 (aged 30)
Nationality	Japanese
Spouse(s)	Senhime

Tadatoki was born as the eldest son of Honda Tadamasa. His mother Kumahime was a granddaughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga.

In 1616, Tadatoki married Senhime, another granddaughter of Ieyasu, and who had been married to Toyotomi Hideyori before Hideyori's death the Siege of Osaka. As a dowry of his new bride, Tadatoki received 100,000 koku.

Tadatoki also sponsored the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi for a time. Musashi taught swordsmanship to Tadatoki's retainers; Musashi's adopted son Mikinosuke served Tadatoki as a page.

Tadatoki died of tuberculosis in 1626. Miyamoto Mikinosuke committed junshi soon afterward, choosing to follow his lord in death

Family

• Father: Honda Tadamasa
• Mother: Kumahime
• Wife: Senhime
• Children:
  • Katsuhime (b. 1618), married Ikeda Mitsumasa
  • Kochiyo (1619–1621)

References

• Ruch, Barbara (2002). Engendering Faith: Women and Buddhism in Premodern Japan. (Detroit: University of Michigan), p. 233