Tokugawa Ieyasu Accomplishments

There are many heroic samurai’s and shoguns. Tokugawa Ieyasu was the first shogun in Japan. He ruled from the capital of Eda which is now known as Tokyo today. In 1603 he became the first shogun. But before he became Shogun he had to work his way up into power. Before he was Tokugawa Ieyasu he was Matsudaira Takechiyo and also Matsudaira Jirōsaburō Motonobu. The famous Tokugawa Ieyasu’s accomplishments include it climb in power and he becoming a Shogun. To begin, Ieyasu’s first accomplishment was his climb to power. Before he was Tokugawa Ieyasu he was Matsudaira Kurandonosuke Motoyasu. At the age of sixteen he was married to a women called Lady Tsukiyama. After he was married and had a son he allied with the Oda clan because his family was being held hostage by another clan called the Imagawa clan. During his time“Motoyasu defeated the military forces of the Mikawa Monto within Mikawa province at the Battle of Azukizaka...” During the battle the people did not agree with him and so this led to a war which he won. He changed his name to Tokugawa Ieyasu. He started to expand his territory. He started getting bigger and bigger. He became someone people actually knew. …show more content…
He was a shogun from 1603-1605. He came and restored Japan and started the Tokugawa Era. At this time he was sixty years of age. When he became a shogun, “As shogun, he used his remaining years to create and solidify the Tokugawa shogunate…” This would be the third government. During his ruling he created a hostage system. This system helped control the Daimyos. They would leave there family in Edo they would then make them fight and if they didn’t there family would be in great danger. The Tokugawa Era government ruled for the next 250 years. Before 1605 when he ended his rule he had a battle. He wanted to eliminate the Toyotomi clan. He won this battle which removed all his enemies. After being a Shogun Hidetada became the next

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