Tokugawa Hidetada

Tokugawa Hidetada (徳 川 秀 忠Japanese, born July 30, 1579 Takechiyo Tokugawa (徳 川 竹 千代); † March 14, 1632 ) was the second Tokugawa shogun. He reigned from 1605 to 1623. He was the third son of the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu. This was true in 1605 left him the office of Shogun, but not where the real power until his death from his hand.

Tokugawa Hidetada took part in the siege of the castle Osaka, but the military leadership of his father, who acted in the office of Ōgosho at this time.

The aim of the siege was the final subjugation of the Toyotomi clan, who had, entrenched in Osaka with 113,000 soldiers under the leadership of Toyotomi Hideyori, son and successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The Tokugawa clan was deployed with 194,000 soldiers. There were some battles, starting in the summer of 1614 at the mouth of the river Kizugawa and ending with an attack Hideyori in the winter 1615, which became known as the Battle of Tennoji. Ultimately, the Tokugawa clan emerged victorious from the siege and the last of the Toyotomi was killed.

In the further course of the year 1615 Hidetada enacted laws that govern the life of the samurai ( buke shohatto - laws) and founded the Imperial Court ( kuge shohatto - laws).

Hidetada came back in 1623, leaving his eldest son Tokugawa Iemitsu the office of Shogun, but gave power until his death in 1632 not out of hand.

Tokugawa Ieyasu | Tokugawa Hidetada | Tokugawa Iemitsu | Tokugawa Ietsuna | Tokugawa Tsunayoshi | Tokugawa Ienobu | Tokugawa Ietsugu | Tokugawa Yoshimune | Tokugawa Ieshige | Tokugawa Ieharu | Tokugawa Ienari | Tokugawa Ieyoshi | Tokugawa Iesada | Tokugawa Iemochi | Tokugawa Yoshinobu

  • Tokugawa
  • Shogun
  • Persecutor of Christians
  • Born in 1579
  • Died in 1632
  • Man
  • Tokugawa Ieyasu
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