Where did tokugawa ieyasu live
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Born to a minor warlord in Okazaki, Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) began his military training with the Imagawa family. He later allied himself with the powerful forces of Oda Nobunaga and then Toyotomi Hideyoshi, expanding his land holdings via a successful attack on the Hojo family to the east. After Hideyoshi’s death resulted in a power struggle among the daimyo, Ieyasu triumphed in the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 and became shogun to Japan’s imperial court in 1603. Even after retiring, Ieyasu worked to neutralize his enemies and establish a family dynasty that would endure for centuries.
At birth the son of a minor daimyo (warlord), in death canonized by imperial decree as Toshodai-gongen, a Buddhist avatar, this one-time subordinate ally of first Oda Nobunaga and then Toyotomi Hideyoshi accomplished what neither of his senior partners had achieved: institutionalizing his power in inheritable form and founding a dynastic military government that endured for nearly three centuries.
Ieyasu capped a military career that spanned six decades with a victory in the Battle of S
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
First Tokugawa shōgun of Japan (1543–1616)
For the 1983 Japanese television series, see Tokugawa Ieyasu (TV series).
Senior First Rank Tokugawa Ieyasu | |
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| In office March 24, 1603 – April 16, 1605 | |
| Monarch | Go-Yōzei |
| Preceded by | Ashikaga Yoshiaki |
| Succeeded by | Tokugawa Hidetada |
| In office 1549–1616 | |
| Preceded by | Matsudaira Hirotada |
| Succeeded by | Tokugawa Hidetada |
| In office 1567–1616 | |
| Succeeded by | Tokugawa Hidetada |
| In office May 2, 1616 – June 1, 1616 | |
| Born | Matsudaira Takechiyo (1543-01-31)January 31, 1543 Okazaki Castle, Mikawa (now Okazaki, Japan) |
| Died | June 1, 1616(1616-06-01) (aged 73) Sunpu, Tokugawa shogunate (now Shizuoka, Japan) |
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| Nickname | "Tosho Dai-Gongen" |
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| Unit | Tokugawa clan |
| Commands | Edo Castle |
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| Kyūjitai | 德川 家康 |
| Shinjitai | 徳川 家康 |