was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period who served under the Tokugawa shogunate. He was the son of the famous Tokugawa general Ii Naomasa. His childhood name was Bennosuke (弁之介).
Naotaka served in the Siege of Osaka in his brother Naokatsu's stead, where he would gain tremendous favor for his exploits at Tennōji. After the battle, he would be granted his brother's lands at Sawayama in Ōmi Province. He would finish the construction of Hikone castle in 1622, a project which had been started by his brother in 1603.
Both Naotaka and his father Naomasa are playable characters from the Eastern Army in the original Kessen.
Hikonyan, mascot of Hikone Castle, is based on a folktale about how Naotaka was saved from a lightning strike by a maneki-neko.
In 1917, Naotaka was posthumously granted the courtesy title of junior third rank (ju san-mi, 従三位) by Emperor Taishō."Kanpo" No. 1590 "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 19 November 1917.
Family Father: Ii Naomasa Mother: Inbu Tokuemon's daughter Wife: Akihime, daughter of Hachisuka Iemasa Concubines: Shunkoin Endo clan's daughter Ishii clan's daughter Children: Ii Naozumi (1625-1676) Matsuchiyo Ii Naohiro Ii Naotsuna (1622-1658) by Ishii clan's daughter Ii Naoshige (1612-1661) by Endo clan's daughter
References
External links "Hikone-han" on Edo 300 HTML (6 July 2008) Naramoto Tatsuya (1992). Nihon no kassen: Monoshiri jiten. (Tokyo: Shufu to seikatsusha)