Tokugawa Ieyasu – Shogun of Japan

Tokugawa Ieyasu – Shogun of Japan

You can’t say nothing about My Life I stomp you to death

You ain’t Giving Adolf Hitler Sympathy Man.

Whenever people can see They Can Speak that is the worst Shit in Hell.There’s nothing worse if somebody can see somebody Breathe. No Thanks

Fascinating. Thank you

Yes, duplicity played a large role in his rise, but luck also, he could have been executed, forced to commit suicide, died in one of his campaigns and he lived a long life. I don't think him great or admirable.

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He certainly was a shrewd and cunning leader, who survived his many trials in such a bloody time. Which simply means he was the most able man at that time. So he didn't die during the wars and he made sure his heir was secure and Shogunate stable.
I did learn about Tokugawa Ieyasu in my youth when I first played the Videogame Sengoku Basara for the Wii. In this game he was certainly seen as a great and good leader. Yeah basically that game made me learn about the history of Japan and the unification of it. Yes ofcourse I didn't take everything as granted and started to research the facts about the many characters.
I certainly fell in love with their history. Thanks for sharing this Video, its always great seeing well made documentations about history 🙂

An interesting anecdote.
The current heads of the Tokugawa and Takeda families once worked in the same department at the same company. Their boss boasted, "I'm the only one besides Toyotomi Hideyoshi who ever had both Tokugawa and Takeda as subordinates."

Now, as a Japanese person and history enthusiast, I think this video is quite well-made.
However, in parts unrelated to the main narrative, there are instances where fictionalized elements presented as established facts or unconfirmed information are stated definitively.

First, regarding the successors to the Imagawa and Takeda clans, Ujimasa and Katsuyori respectively:
According to contemporary documents about them, both were accomplished in both military and scholarly pursuits and were not incompetent.
They were defeated due to external factors, not their own abilities.

Furthermore, the latest scholarly consensus increasingly suggests that after Hideyoshi's death, Ishida Mitsunari became isolated within the Toyotomi clan due to his difficult personality. Conversely, Ieyasu, accustomed to managing challenging subordinates, protected and took an interest in him.

While there were several clashes when Ieyasu began his rise to power, they grew closer as Mitsunari's position within the Toyotomi faction deteriorated.
Furthermore, numerous pieces of evidence have emerged showing close ties between the Tokugawa and Ishida families. Organizing the contents of letters and the chronology of events suggests this evidence is quite credible.

Given the geopolitical factors of his territory, he likely found himself unable to withstand pressure from the Western Army, led by Mōri Terumoto—the second most powerful figure after Ieyasu—and was forced to cooperate with them.
Even many Japanese misunderstand this: the leader of the anti-Ieyasu faction and commander-in-chief of the Western Army was consistently Mōri Terumoto from the start. Mitsunari's name doesn't even appear in the Western Army's declaration of rebellion.
In other words, Mitsunari was merely a frontline commander with no choice but to accept the conciliation efforts.

Considering his social standing at the Imperial Court at the time, his economic power, and his military strength, Mitsunari was in no position to actively rally other major lords and lead the war effort. Furthermore, given his notoriously difficult personality, many had been humiliated or treated poorly by him, making it even harder for him to gain trust.

Ieyasu seemed to understand all this. Breaking with the customary treatment of war's losers at the time, he spared the lives of all Mitsunari's children.
Not only that, his eldest son became a monk and lived to be 103 years old. His second daughter's grandson became a concubine of the third shogun, Iemitsu, thus introducing Mitsunari's blood into the direct line of the Tokugawa family.

Furthermore, Kobayakawa Hideaki joined Ieyasu's forces immediately upon the start of the battle and charged into the fray.
The claim that Ieyasu fired cannon fire is part of the mythos designed to emphasize his image as a bold commander.

The quality of your videos is outstanding. These are well-known fabrications believed by many Japanese people themselves, or long-held established theories, so you bear no fault whatsoever.

However, I felt compelled to write this for the sake of the honor of those you featured.
I would be delighted if you continue introducing Japanese history to people around the world.

Great episode love the channel, Japanese history is so interesting. Hopefully you will cover more figures from the sengoku period like Uesugi Kenshin.

Thank you for this. Tokugawa Ieyasu always fascinated me. The amount of patience he showed is astonishing.

Age of empires bring me here.. 😂😂

So wait ..if i change my name to Alexander do i get rights over Persia and Egypt ? Oh wait … who the frak wants that. I`m ok better not do it

The narrative, is quite honestly dumb. Using modern ideals, to define the time in Japanese history indicates, a true lack of understanding. Of course, it's the writers, who are truly at fault.

Toyotomi not “Totoyomi”.😅

I don’t know much about Japanese history, I really enjoyed listening to the life of Togukawa, thank you. Would like to hear more about famous historical Japanese figures

Togukawa Ieyasu was an incredibly patient man and someone who moved like the wind. We focused on him for our podcast a few weeks part. Was really interesting doing the research into him and just getting an idea of how he adapted many times over – changing his name as fast as his allegiances. Good video 👍

Can’t wait to see this…This is the Tokugawa that would have been in charge during the time period that the anime Blue Eye Samurai was set in.