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'''{{nihongo|Honda Yasushige|本多 康重|}}''' (1554 &ndash; May 4, 1611) was a Japanese samurai of the late [[Sengoku period|Sengoku]] through early [[Edo period]]. The first lord of '''Okazaki han''' in [[Mikawa Province]], he held the title of '''Bungo no Kami''' (豊後守). Yasushige served [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] from a young age, taking part in various battles, such as the [[Battle of Anegawa]] and the fight against [[Takeda Shingen]]. After the [[Siege of Odawara (1590)|Odawara Campaign]], Yasushige moved into the [[Kantō region]] with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Ieyasu]], and received the 20,000 [[koku]] fief of '''Shiroi han'''. Following the [[Sekigahara Campaign]], he was transferred to the 50,000 [[koku]] fief of '''Okazaki han''' in 1601. After his death on May 4, 1611, he was succeeded by his son [[Honda Yasunori|Yasunori]].
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{{succession box | title=[[Shiroi Domain|Lord of Shiroi]] | before= none | after= [[Matsudaira Yasunaga]] | years=1590&ndash;1601}}
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{{succession box | title=[[Okazaki Domain|Lord of Okazaki]] | before= none | after= [[Honda Yasunori]]| years=1601&ndash;1611}}
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==Resources==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071021044548/http://www1.parkcity.ne.jp/sito/121.html Biographical data on Yasushige and his branch of the Honda (in Japanese)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927041751/http://www.mis.ne.jp/~iyeyasu/okazakijyou/okazakijyou_rekishi.htm Okazaki Castle information (in Japanese)]
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