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Tokugawa Ieyasu

Alternate titles: Matsudaira Motoyasu; Matsudaira Takechiyo
Written by Conrad D. Totman

Tokugawa Ieyasu: statue of Tokugawa Ieyasu [Credit: DeA Picture Library]Tokugawa Ieyasu: statue of Tokugawa Ieyasu [Credit: DeA Picture Library]

Tokugawa Ieyasu, original name Matsudaira Takechiyo, also called Matsudaira Motoyasu   (born Jan. 31, 1543, Okazaki, Japan—died June 1, 1616, Sumpu), the founder of the last shogunate in Japan—the Tokugawa, or Edo, shogunate (1603–1867).... (36 of 1,868 words)

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