Service Under Ieyasu
Mototada served in all of Ieyasu's major campaigns. With only 2,000 men he mounted a rearguard action against the Hojo clan's force of over 10,000, and defeated them; soon after, Ieyasu granted him Tanimura Castle in Kai Province. Later, in 1585, he joined Okubo Tadayo and Hiraiwa Chikayoshi in laying siege to the Sanada clan's Ueda Castle.
After Ieyasu's move to the Kantō region, Torii was granted the 40,000 koku fief of Yasaku in Shimōsa Province, which made him a daimyo.
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