Historical person
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu was a daimyō who survived the wars of Japan’s unification, won the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 and became shogun in 1603. He established the Tokugawa political order, defeated the Toyotomi at Osaka and created a dynasty that ruled Japan for more than two and a half centuries.
In Eiji Yoshikawa’s Taiko, after Akechi Mitsuhide turns against Nobunaga, Hideyoshi defeats the usurper and outmanoeuvres competing lords, including Tokugawa Ieyasu, to become the dominant ruler of Japan.
In non-fiction, Tokugawa Ieyasu is discussed in Giles Milton’s Samurai William and John Man’s Ninja. In Giles Milton’s Samurai William, his knowledge of navigation and shipbuilding brought him into the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who granted him rank, land and a Japanese household.
Standalone books
Standalone books featuring Tokugawa Ieyasu (1 book)
Non Fiction
Non Fiction featuring Tokugawa Ieyasu (2 books)
Biographies, histories and other non-fiction are listed separately from the historical novels above.
