Daidōji Masashige

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|birth_date=1533

|death_date=August 18, 1590

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|death_place=Kawagoe

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|commands= Matsuida Castle, Kawagoe Castle

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{{Nihongo|Daidōji Masashige|大道寺 政繁||extra=1533 – 1590}} was a Japanese samurai and commander of the Sengoku period. He was one of the most important vassals of the Go-Hōjō clan.{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%A4%A7%E9%81%93%E5%AF%BA%E6%94%BF%E7%B9%81-1086579 |title=朝日日本歴史人物事典「大道寺政繁」の解説|publisher=kotobank|language=Japanese|access-date=17 October 2021}}

In 1590, when Siege of Odawara began, Matsuida Castle Masashige was defending was surrounded by Toyotomi's large army, and he decided to surrender.{{cite web|url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASP5P73T9P4XUHNB00V.html|title=松井田城址を国史跡に 御城印で機運高める群馬安中|date=21 May 2021 |publisher= Asahi Shimbun|language=Japanese|access-date=17 October 2021}} After the Siege of Odawara, he was ordered to seppuku by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.{{cite web|url=https://www.city.odawara.kanagawa.jp/encycl/neohojo5/011/|title=小田原合戦|publisher=Odawara City official|language=ja|access-date=18 October 2021}}

His grave is at Hoda Temple near the Matsuida Castle.{{cite web|url=https://west-gunma.jp/events/2018/daidoji-masashige-kuyosai/|title=大道寺駿河守政繁公供養祭|publisher=NPO 群馬活性化企画センター|language=ja|access-date=18 October 2021}}