When Ikeda Tsuneoki and his eldest son, Motosuke, were killed in the Battle of Nagakute, the Ikeda family faced the brink of extinction. Two days later, Hideyoshi sent three letters to support the succession of his second son, Terumasa. This article traces the survival strategy of the Ikeda family, who later married Ieyasu's daughter, Tokuhime, and developed into two major domains, Okayama and Tottori.
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When Ikeda Tsuneoki and his eldest son, Motosuke, were killed in the Battle of Nagakute, the Ikeda family faced the brink of extinction. Two days later, Hideyoshi sent three letters to support the succession of his second son, Terumasa. This article traces the survival strategy of the Ikeda family, who later married Ieyasu's daughter, Tokuhime, and developed into two major domains, Okayama and Tottori.