biography
pronunciation:
[tokugahwa]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1542–1616)
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| biography:
| The third of the three great historical unifiers of Japan, after Nobunaga and Hideyoshi, a noble born in Okazaki, E Japan. Civil war followed Hideyoshi's death, and Tokugawa took power after the Battle of Sekigahara (1600), founding the Tokugawa shogunate (1603–1868). In 1605 he transferred the title to his son, thus achieving dynastic continuity while retaining effective control. He completed Edo Castle (the present Tokyo Imperial Palace) as his headquarters, and instituted an all-pervading centralized control of Japanese life, whose effects are still felt. He was buried in a sumptuous tomb at Mt Nikko, and a cult followed, with Ieyasu shrines all over Japan. |
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