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TOKUGAWA Ieyasu 徳川家康
(1542-1616)


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It was Tokugawa Ieyasu that emerged as the final winner among a number of military heroes - following Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi - who had aimed at unifying the country in the Sengoku period (1467-1598). Born as the first son of a minor feudal lord of the Province of Mikawa (Okazaki-jô castle) Ieyasu used his outstanding political talent and strategic ingenuity to establish - after his victory in the Battle of Sekigahara (1600) -  the foundation of the Tokugawa era (Edô period) which lasted more than 260 years.


Okazaki-jô castle
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Ieyasu bust - Edo-Tôkyô Museum / Tôkyô
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sculpture - Okazaki-jô
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Okazaki-jô castle / Okazaki City
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sculpture / Okazaki-jô - Okazaki City
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horse with Tokugawa coat of arms - Okazaki-jô
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sculpture - Okazaki-jô  (2)
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sculpture - Okazaki-jô  (3)
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sculpture - Okazaki-jô  (4)
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armour of Ieyasu - Okazaki-jô
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helmet of Ieyasu - museum in Okazaki-jô  (2)
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museum in Okazaki-jô  (3)
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Hamamatsu-jô castle - Hamamatsu City
taken over from Tokugawa Ieyasu in the 16th century
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sculpture - Hamamatsu
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sculpture - Hamamatsu-jô castle
Hamamatsu City
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Battle at Sekigahara (1600)
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
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Edo-jô castle
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Edo-jô castle
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Sumpu-jô castle - Shizuoka City
headquarters since the end of the 16th century
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Ieyasu sculpture with falcon / Sunpu-jô castle
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sculpture with falcon - Sunpu-jô
Shizuoka City  (2)
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sculpture with falcon - Sunpu-jô / Shizuoka  (3)
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sculpture - Sunpu-jô / Shizuoka  (4)
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Sunpu-jô castle - Shizuoka
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sculpture - Sunpu-jô / Shizuoka  (5)
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sculpture - Sunpu-jô / Shizuoka  (6)
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sculpture - Sunpu-jô / Shizuoka  (7)
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hôtô - tomb of Tokugawa Ieyasu in Nikkô
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