Yoda Nobushige

Yoda Nobushige was the lord of Ashida Castle in Shinano (present-day Tateshina, Kitasaku District, Nagano Prefecture), and was also known as Ashida Nobushige.

On the Takeda Side

During Takeda Shingen's campaign into Shinano, he sided with the Takeda.

Turning to the Tokugawa

After the Takeda clan fell, Nobushige served Tokugawa Ieyasu. During the Tenshō Jingo War he was entrusted with Komoro Castle, and local forces gathered under him. In the eleventh month of that year he attacked Zenyama Castle and destroyed the Tomono clan.

The Attack on Iwao Castle and His Death

In the second month of 1583 (Tenshō 11), Nobushige attacked Iwao Castle. He is said to have been killed in that fighting at the age of 36. His birth year is given as 1548 (Tenbun 17).

His Son Yasukuni

His son Yasukuni became lord of Komoro Castle at 14 and took the name Matsudaira Yasukuni. Yasukuni later died in the attack on Ishikura Castle. His younger brother Yasukatsu succeeded to the family headship and estates, and after the Tokugawa move to the Kantō he took Fujioka Castle in Kōzuke.