KSnH_-_4-B.pdf

(31112 KB) Pobierz

Installation

Ookubo Tadachika/Nagayasu

※Spoilers, so maybe avoid this if you haven’t read it yet.

In actual history, Tadachika was a skilled magistrate (something like the Elders that came

later) and supported Tokugawa in the early days.

He apparently could fight quite well, joined Ieyasu in most of his fierce battles, and continued

to protect Ieyasu even during the Battle of Mikatagahara.

That may be part of why he worked as the brain of the early Tokugawa administration and

ruled Odawara after the fall of Houjou.

He was what they call a chief retainer.

But he was a military type (focused on expansion through war), so he came into conflict with

Honda Masanobu and Masazumi who were public servant types (focused on domestic

affairs).

Since their opinions differed on who should succeed Ieyasu, their conflict continued and their

secret feud led to his fall, but a descendant of his later regained the family’s honor and ruled

over Odawara once more.

Meanwhile, Nagayasu had the unusual origin of starting out as a Sarugaku performer for the

Takeda clan.

He was made a retainer due to his knowledge of architecture, he learned how to develop gold

mines and other mines, he joined Ieyasu after the fall of the Takeda clan, and he became a part

of the Ookubo clan, allowing him to use the Ookubo name.

The Ookubo faction protected him since he managed the gold and silver production of the

Tokugawa administration, so he was able to act with their backing.

However, his management of the mines did not go so well in his later years and the Ookubo

faction fell after his death, so an illegitimate scandal was attributed to him and he was treated

very poorly.

In the novels, I’ve drawn on the conflict that led to Tadachika’s fall to have her work hard

against Masazumi.

She’s diligent and obedient-looking, but actually quite willing to go on the offensive.

The two swords she carries are to give her that military image.

If Masazumi and the others are establishing themselves as they grow, then Ookubo is grasping

who she is as she grows. For that reason, I made her a second year underclassman.

I hope you can keep that image of “discovery” in mind as you look at her expression.

(Kawakami Minoru)