Ruthlessness, resolve, and luck all brought Tokugawa Ieyasu to power in 1603 as he unified Japan after centuries of samurai strife and civil war
Tokugawa Ieyasu was not a young man when he became shogun in 1603. His rise to power was long and slow, a journey that had begun when he was just 15 years old. Along the way—through a combination of luck, strategy, patience, and wisdom—he would survive the turbulent end to Japan’s medieval Sengoku period and emerge at age 60 in control of Japan. When he died in 1616, he left the nation transformed and his family firmly in power.Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited..
In the 1570s, three warriors would rise to power and bring this chaotic period to an end. They were Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu. A feudal lord and feared military leader, Nobunaga headed the powerful Oda clan after eliminating his local rivals in the 1550s. In the following decade, he turned his attentions toward to the rest of Japan and launched a campaign to secure power on a larger stage.
Officers loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori who managed to survive the battle were soon captured and killed. A week later, the severed heads of the vanquished were hung from trees on an avenue in, the imperial capital, as a warning. The young Toyotomi was forced to abandon any claims to power, although Tokugawa Ieyasu did allow him to keep the lordship of Osaka Castle.
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