The True Story of Tokugawa Ieyasu | The Shogun

The bloodstained dawn of Japan's 16th & early 17th century was an age of chaos, where the land lay torn asunder by the savage claws of war. The Sengoku period, was an age of endless conflict, with samurai warlords vying for the ultimate prize: the dominion of Japan.

Amidst the carnage Tokugawa Ieyasu's story would become legend as the fearless samurai was not only an incredible warrior but also a master strategist manoeuvring through the dangerous webs of power and politics. This is his story.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:54 Early Life
06:49 The Path of the Warrior
18:02 Rise to Power
22:17 Battle of Sekigahara
26:14 Death & Legacy

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[tierflyer]

Three iconic leaders in the Sengoku period are described their characters as,
Nobunaga: Kills the bird if it won’t sing.
Hideyoshi: Coaxes the bird sing if it won’t.
Ieyasu: Sits back and waits for the bird to sing.

[KhangNguyen-ykrk]

I describe Ieyasu's personality: Intelligent, patient, cunning, cautious and strategic. Those made Ieyasu became my favourite Samurai leader along with Hideyoshi, despite they were rivals

[nyomanwibi]

this is why Ieyasu can became shogun. He learnt mistakes from his family, friends, and enemies. He has such many knowledge from his young life

[astridvallati]

A very good study of Tokugawa Ieyasu was done by a Professor Shaw, an Australian, in 1937 entitled:
Tokugawa Ieyasu, Maker of Modern Japan. Basically a Biography, covering all aspects of T.I. life.
I am sure Clavell had read this book, and also library books in England on the British relations with 1500 and 1600 Japan.

[ProgrammingMathEnglish]

Wow, I didn't know people outside Japan are interested in Sengoku era, which reminds me of a personal anecdote about it. When I was 12 or something there was this strategic game called Nobunaga's ambition and I was super hooked and literally memorized all daimyos, their famous samurai retainers and where they governed etc. One day, in the Japanese history exam, to my utter surprise, asked students to write down sengoku daimyos as many as possible with extra score 1 pts per daimyo. And as you expect I totally nailed it! I got 140 points out of 100😂

[kumarmh]

I've always been captivated by Japanese culture for its discipline and rich heritage. There's a lot we can learn from their amazing stories and real heroes

[mr.cookie]

Your storytelling is truly epic, I can see the story as if on a movie with just your soothing voice alone.

[ELKE-]

The Saga of History Profiles continues!
Thank you for the wonderful video. I always love the Samurai's stories

[patrickjeffers]

He ate the cake that Oda prepared and Toyotomi baked

[BitcoinPitbull]

Hey, thanks for this. I've been watching this show and I absolutely it and I wanted to know the true history of it. Thank you so much for this video. 👍

[tomkeithley]

The Sengoku Period was what gave birth to my love of history. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms grew my love of history.

[barbarastone]

Just found you so thankful for all this information an wisdom of Japanese history I will follow you thankyou for all your research and your great presentation your story telling and respect does honor to him an Japan

[TheCrimeReel]

Great Story and love the Thumbnail too, cheers HP

[FutureMythology]

Great story. Infighting and betrayal of trust have always been a part of human history, regardless of society. Passion, envy, desire, and submission. Love, haha.

[-RONNIE]

I really appreciate the video he and a lot of others that you mentioned in his time were all great warriors.

[nicholasmocalis]

Ieyasu to me is a competent general but a much better politician or diplomat who was able to convince many daimyo in the eastern part of japan to side with him. A man who is opportunistic in terms of using the circumstances surrounding him to gain the ultimate prize of becoming shogun and also a man who is adapatable in being able to bounce back from previous defeats to gaining even greater success in the future. I believe he was inspired by Imagawa Yoshimoto in terms of using diplomacy or politics in his lifetime since he was a hostage to the imagawa family for some time.

[Andy_Babb]

Holy sh!t. It’s fascinating but the names are so hard to keep track of lol

[Hektormydog]

I just finished watching the 3 videos recently posted that are of interest because of the Shogun 2024 series ( the older TV series was actually good too). Excellent history, well presented here, and very true telling of that was going on in Japan at this time to help understand the series better. Living in the Kyoto area, and the Shogun series a few weeks away from release, I’d just happen to visit the mountain top grave/shrine site of Hideyoshi with my wife. And, that reminded me of a book I would recommend for a historical (novel) background; “TAIKO’ by Eiji Yoshikawa.

[mindhistorychannel]

Historians: 'The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were a wonder of the ancient world.' Me: 'I can barely keep a cactus alive

[aimanhaqimie]

Mine is Oda Nobunaga along with Sanada Yukimura and Saito Dosan, the reason why is because of course Nobunaga pave the way for unifying Japan, as for Yukimura well his nickname "The Crimson Demon Of War" explained it, i mean other than his famous wall of Sanadamaru and his feat of almost driving Ieyasu to death, last but not least, Saito Dosan "The Viper of Mino" man waited for 10 years to usurp the Toki clan, cunning and patience indeed