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Tokugawa Ieyasu

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1543–1616 Also known as Matsudaira Motoyoshi、Matsudaira Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616) of the Matsudaira of Mikawa was held hostage in youth, later recovered his domain and expanded steadily;…

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  1. 1543–1560Okazaki, Mikawa Province · Mikawa ProvinceHeld hostage by the Imagai and Oda in youth, became independent after the Battle of Okehazama in 1560, consolidated his Mikawa base and allied with Oda Nobunaga.
  2. 1561–1598Tōtōmi Province and Sagami Province · Kantō regionJoined Oda Nobunaga in destroying the Takeda clan, defeating Takeda Katsuyori at Nagashino in 1575; served as one of the Go-Tairō under the Toyotomi regime, moved to Edo in 1590, cooperating and competing with the Kobayakawa and Hideyoshi-aligned forces.
  3. 1600–1616Edo Castle · Musashi ProvinceWon the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, became seii taishōgun in 1603, established the Edo shogunate, promulgated the buke shohatto, and set up a central system of control over the daimyō.

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