📖 Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu was a historical figure who ended the Sengoku period, established the Tokugawa shogunate, and initiated the Edo period. As a military commander during Japan's Sengoku period, he is known alongside his contemporaries Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi as one of the "Three Great Unifiers of the Sengoku." In his youth, Tokugawa Ieyasu spent a long time living as a hostage, enduring a life under the control of others. After being freed from this lengthy captivity, he formed an alliance with Oda Nobunaga and later submitted to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, all while accumulating power and waiting for the right opportunity. Following Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death, he achieved a decisive victory in the crucial battle for dominance, the "Battle of Sekigahara," which led to the establishment of the Edo shogunate and the unification of Japan. The Edo shogunate, founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu, lasted for approximately 260 years, and the period under its rule is known as the Edo period.

A military commander and daimyo active during the Japanese Sengoku period to the early Edo period. He spent his childhood as a hostage in the Oda and Imagawa clans. After the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto, he took the opportunity to become independent and formed an alliance with Oda Nobunaga. After the death of Oda Nobunaga, he served Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Following the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he achieved a great victory in the Battle of Sekigahara and was appointed as Shogun. He established the Tokugawa shogunate, initiating the Edo period, which lasted for about 260 years.