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IMAGAWA Ujizane was a heir of IMAGAWA Yoshikmoto and a daimyo of Suruga and Totomi. He was called Tatsuomaru in his childhood and became the head of the Imagawa clan before the Battle of Okehazama in which his father was killed. But some vassals broke away from him and Sunpu was occupied by TAKEDA Shingen at last. This led him a wandering.
After having been exiled by Shingen, he was sheltered in Kakegawa Castle but had to surrender in 1569 and never ruled Suruga again. After that, he and his family became a dependent on HOJO Ujiyasu, father of his wife Hayakawa Dono. After the death of Ujiyasu, he protected by TOKUGAWA Ieyasu. Then he lived in Kyoto and Hamamatsu. Though he did not appear in history several times, it is said that he finally made his home in Edo, current Tokyo. He died in 1615.
Tsubasa Nakagawa as Tatsuomaru
He was good at making waka (31-syllable poem), playing kemari (a kind of football played by aristocrats), and swordsmanship. Some suggest that the Imagawas' fall is owing to such aristocratic tastes of Ujizane. And there is another theory that he was brave but not all of his vassal were loyal to him.
His clan became declined and survived as privileged hatamoto, direct vassals of shogun under Tokugawa shogunate.
In this drama, Tatsuomaru is loved by young Sena and compete with O-Towa (Naotora) in kemari. After the death of his father, he doesn't know what to do but is advised by Jukeini and depends on ONO Masatsugu in dealing with the Ii clan.
ONOE Matsuya as Imagawa Ujizane
The image are from the official website of Onna Joshu Naotora.
