Tokugawa+Ieyasu

__tokugawa ieyasu__ -was born in [|Okazaki Castle]  in [|Mikawa] -his family split into two different clans- The Imagawa and The Oda. when he came of age he changed his name to Matsudaira Jirōsaburō Motonobu Ieyasu won his first battle at the [|Siege of Terabe] and later succeeded in delivering supplies to a border fort through a bold night attack. -With Yoshimoto dead, Ieyasu decided to ally with the Oda clan. A secret deal was needed because Ieyasu's wife and infant son, [|Nobuyasu] were held hostage in Sumpu by the Imagawa clan. In 1561, Ieyasu openly broke with the Imagawa and captured the fortress of Kaminojo. Ieyasu was then able to exchange his wife and son for the wife and daughter of the ruler of Kaminojo castle. -next few years Ieyasu set about reforming the Matsudaira clan and pacifying Mikawa. He also strengthened his key vassals by awarding them land and castles in Mikawa. They were: [|Honda Tadakatsu], [|Ishikawa Kazumasa], [|Koriki Kiyonaga], [|Hattori Hanzō], [|Sakai Tadatsugu], and [|Sakakibara Yasumasa]. I-eyasu defeated the military forces of the Mikawa Monto within Mikawa province. The Monto were a warlike group of monks that were ruling [|Kaga Province] and had many temples elsewhere in Japan. They refused to obey Ieyasu's commands and so he went to war with them, defeating their troops and pulling down their temples. In one battle Ieyasu was nearly killed when he was struck by a bullet which did not penetrate his armor. Both Ieyasu's Mikawa troops and the Monto forces were using the new gunpowder weapons which the Portuguese had introduced to Japan just 20 years earlier. -Fortune smiled on Ieyasu a year later when Takeda Shingen died at a siege early in 1573. Shingen was succeeded by his less capable son [|Takeda Katsuyori]. In 1575, the Takeda army attacked Nagashino Castle in Mikawa province. Ieyasu appealed to Nobunaga for help and the result was that Nobunaga personally came at the head of his very large army (about 30,000 strong). The Oda-Tokugawa force of 38,000 won a great victory on [|June 28], [|1575], at the [|Battle of Nagashino], though Takeda Katsuyori survived the battle and retreated back to Kai province. -For the next seven years, Ieyasu and Katsuyori fought a series of small battles. Ieyasu's troops managed to wrest control of Suruga province away from the Takeda clan. -In 1579, Ieyasu's wife, and his eldest son, [|Matsudaira Nobuyasu], were accused of conspiring with Takeda Katsuyori to assassinate Nobunaga. Ieyasu's wife was executed and Nobuyasu was forced to commit [|seppuku]. Ieyasu then named his third and favorite son, [|Tokugawa Hidetada], as heir, since his second son was adopted by another rising power: [|Toyotomi Hideyoshi], the future ruler of all Japan. In 1584, Ieyasu decided to support [|Oda Nobukatsu], the eldest son and heir of [|Oda Nobunaga], against Hideyoshi. This was a dangerous act and could have resulted in the annihilation of the Tokugawa. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyasu

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2128.html In the **battle of Sekigahara** in 1600, Ieyasu defeated the Hideyori loyalists and other Western rivals. Hence, he achieved almost unlimited power and wealth. In 1603, Ieyasu was appointed Shogun by the [|emperor] and established his government in Edo ([|Tokyo]). The Tokugawa shoguns continued to rule Japan for a remarkable 250 years. Ieyasu brought the whole country under tight control. He cleverly redistributed the gained land among the daimyo: more loyal vassals (the ones who supported him already before Sekigahara) received strategically more important domains accordingly. Every daimyo was also required to spend every second year in Edo. This meant a huge financial burden for the daimyo and moderated his power at home. Ieyasu continued to promote foreign trade. He established relations with the English and the Dutch. On the other hand, he enforced the suppression and persecution of [|Christianity] from 1614 on.
 * Tokugawa Ieyasu** was the most powerful man in Japan after [|Hideyoshi] had died in 1598. Against his promises he did not respect Hideyoshi's successor Hideyori because he wanted to become the absolute ruler of Japan.

__The Mcgraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography.__McGraw-Hill, (1973). //The Mcgraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography//. Mexico: Mcgraw-Hill. helped nobunaga have gret success of the islands of honshu. he was moved from his domain to a more agricultural rich area which helped him to establish rule after hideyoshi's death. recieved shogun in 1603 established headquarters in Edo extremely rich...had one quarter of the rice produceing land i nthe country. nationalized many important cities...kyoto osaka nagasaki. dutch and english arrized in japan in 1600. they traded with the japanese. ieyasu was eager to establish trade with the europeans. wanted to ban christianity in japan. but never really enforced it with much ferocity. in 1630s the national seclusion policy was established which made it illegal for japanese people to leave the coutry and only dutch and chinese could trade with japan. this was the main reason for the length of tokugawa's reign amny people thought that hideyori should be the ruler these peole were called the toyotomi in 1614 in hope to end the toyotomi conflict ieyasu offered peace to them if they leveled there outer defences this was done at once and tokugawa continued his attakc on the castle and slguhterted all of its occupants. retired in 1605 buyt he did not stop helping the ruling of japan until his death in 1616

http://compsoc.net/~gemini/simons/historyweb/tokugawa-ieyasu.html -Japanese military leader and statesman, founder of the [|Tokugawa] dynasty of [|shogun]s -Born Matsudaira Takechiyo of the Matsudaira military clan, Ieyasu grew up in a chaotic period of feuding clans. He was sent at four years old as a hostage to cement a Matsudaira alliance with the neighbouring Imagawa clan in 1547, but was captured en route by their common enemy, the Oda clan. Held until his father's death in 1549, Ieyasu returned home briefly before going back to the Imagawa as a hostage. Their defeat by [|Oda Nobunaga] in 1560 freed Ieyasu to regain leadership of the Matsudaira, and he immediately allied with Nobunaga, changing his name to Tokugawa Ieyasu and seizing Imagawa land. -In 1570 he moved his headquarters to former Imagawa territory and for the next 12 years expanded his lands and influence through Nobunaga's campaigns, despite being forced to kill his first wife and order his son's suicide in 1579 as proof of his loyalty to Nobunaga. He seized more land on Nobunaga's death in 1582, becoming master of five provinces by 1583. After inconclusive fighting in 1584, Ieyasu allied with Nobunaga's successor [|Toyotomi Hideyoshi] and married his sister. Following victory at Odawara in 1590, which secured control of eastern Japan, Hideyoshi moved Ieyasu to new lands in the east to undercut his independence. Ieyasu began building an imposing new headquarters at a small fishing port called Edo, later Tokyo. Occupied in the east while Hideyoshi pursued his futile invasions of Korea, Ieyasu consolidated his new base and, shortly before Hideyoshi's death in 1598, swore with the other great generals to serve Hideyoshi's successor, his infant son Hideyori. Promptly breaking this oath, he began allying with other leaders and in 1600, aided by treachery, crushed his principal opponents at the battle of Sekigahara, normally taken as marking the beginning of the Edo period. -in 1603 he assumed the historic title of shogun, confirming his pre-eminence. In 1605 he passed the title to his son but retained paramount authority, organizing two attacks on Osaka Castle in 1614 and 1615 which finally defeated Hideyori and the remaining Toyotomi forces, thus completing the reunification of Japan under one government. He organized new laws to regulate the court and the military clans, and laid the foundations for over 250 years of peace under Tokugawa rule during the [|Edo period]. After his death he was enshrined at Nikko as Tosho Daigongen, an aspect of the Buddha.

Mike Goode Tokugawa Ieyasu was a very influential politician in ancient Japan. He expanded the empire and he started trade with other countries. He also started a new type of ruling known as shogun. He started the Edo period. These are just a few things Ieyasu accomplished. Tokugawa was born in Okazaki Castle in Mikawa. His family was split into two different clans- the Oda and the Imagawa. Ieyasu decided to side with the Oda clan when he came of age. But when he did this, leaders from the Imagawa clan held Ieyasu’s wife and son hostage. To save his son and wife, Tokugawa captured the castle in which a leader of the Imagawa’s daughter and wife lived. He was then able to make an exchange for his son and wife. For the next few years Ieyasu attempted to reform the Matsudaira clan and rebuild Mikawa. He went to war with the Mikawa Monto’s. This was one of the first times gunpowder was used in Japan. The ruler in the time of Tokugawa was Hideyoshi. When he died, Ieyasu was the most powerful man in Japan. But he did not respect Hideyoshi’s wishes that would make his son ruler. Instead Tokugawa became the absolute ruler of Japan. This enraged many Hideyori Loyalists. They resisted Tokugawa. He defeated them in 1600 and he achieved unlimited power and wealth. In 1603 the emperor made Ieyasu the shogun of Japan. He established his empire in Edo, which is present day Tokyo. The Tokugawa Empire ruled Japan for 250 years. During his rule, Ieyasu brought the country under tight control. He distributed the land among loyal vassals. He promoted foreign trade also. He traded with the Dutch, English, and Chinese. But he enforced the persecution of Christianity. In his empire he owned one fourth of the rice producing land which shows his immense wealth. He nationalized many cities- Kyoto, Osaka, and Nagasaki. He made the National Seclusion Policy. This made it illegal for Japanese people to leave Japan and they were only allowed to trade with the Dutch and the Chinese. When everything looked good for the Edo Period, the Hideyori Loyalist rose up again but these loyalists were known as the Toyotomi. During one battle Tokugawa sent a peace offering to the Toyotomi if they lowered their defensive walls. They quickly did this, and as soon as they did tokugawa went in a killed everyone in the castle. In 1605 he passed the title of shogun to his son, but he remained very involved in the government. After passing on the shogun ship he made new laws to regulate court and the military clans. He laid the foundation of 250 years of peace during the Edo Period. When he died he was enshrined at Nikko as an aspect to the Buddha.

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