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The Emperor and the Shogun: Understanding Japanese History
I have so far covered some information about Tokugawa Ieyasu in three blog posts: The Glorious son of Japan, Resolution in Defeat and...
Sep 15, 20193 min read


Ieyasu as Shogun: setting up the succession
Tokugawa Ieyasu, the great unifier of Japan, became the Shogun (essentially military ruler) of Japan in 1603, three years after his...
Sep 10, 20194 min read


Resolution in defeat: the Ieyasu way
or How to win after being massacred on the battlefield, holding out with 120 Soldiers against 35,000 Takeda Shingen, the fearsome daimyo...
Aug 30, 20184 min read

Tokugawa Ieyasu, the glorious son of Japan
Tokugawa Ieyasu, the third and last unifier of Japan. Image source: sumpu.net Introduction Each and every single moment in the past has...
Aug 24, 20185 min read