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His gamble would reshape Japanese history, especially as he clashed with the remnants of the Takeda—the feared Tiger of Kai.
This cunning Japanese shogun outlasted his rivals to found his dynasty. Ruthlessness, resolve, and luck all brought Tokugawa Ieyasu to power in 1603 as he unified Japan after centuries of samurai ...
Tracing Japan’s story from its prehistoric beginnings around 14,500 BCE to its rise as a cutting-edge modern nation, the new ...
The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of stability, the need for them faded, forcing these warriors to find a new way ...
Lord Yoshii Toranaga is based on the real-life shÅ gun Tokugawa Iyeasu, who is considered one of the three great unifiers of Japan. Tokugawa Ieyasu became shÅ gun in 1603, right around the time ...
This module focuses on the Tokugawa period, 1603-1868. Tokugawa Japan materials: “Tokugawa Japan: An Introductory Essay,” by Marcia Yonemoto, University of Colorado “A Case Study of Tokugawa Japan ...
JAPAN: Tokugawa. 2 minute read. TIME. November 10, 1930 12:00 AM GMT-5. A small round man with a large round face the color of old bronze landed in Manhattan last week from the 23-year-old Mauretania.
I f not for the Meiji Restoration, Tokugawa Iehiro might be running Japan.Instead, the new head of one of Japan’s most eminent dynasties, which ruled from 1603 to 1868, spends his days ...
Yet when Lord Tokugawa was born in 1543, his domination could not have been predicted. He was the son of a minor territorial lord at a time when Japan had been riven with civil war for a couple of ...
In 1600, the ailing Dutch trading ship Liefde washed ashore at Usuki Bay, on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu. Among its crew was William Adams, a 35-year-old Englishman who served as the ship ...