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TOKUGAWA IEYASU: Founder of the
TOKUGAWA SHOG. Tokugawa Ieyasu was a
member of the MINAMOTO clan and a retainer
of ODA NOBUNAGA, a candidate for the
shogunate. When Oda Nobunaga was
assassinated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi,
Tokugawa changed his allegiance and even
had himself appointed guardian for
Toyotomi's young son and heir. He declared
war on rival warlords, intent upon winning
the shogunate for themselves, defeating them
at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1603. As the
most powerful man in JAPAN, Tokugawa then
appointed himself SHOGUN and proceeded to
eliminate his rivals. In 1605 he abdicated the
shogunate in favor of his son, thereby
establishing a dynasty and freeing himself of
the duties of state so that he could consolidate
his family's new-found power. In 1615 he
eliminated the last members of Hideyoshi's
family, thereby ensuring his family's reign.
Although he was initially tolerant of
foreigners in JAPAN and even encouraged
trade with England, Tokugawa grew
suspicious of the growing Japanese Christian
population, which he could not count on for
support. In 1614 he outlawed Christianity and
destroyed the country's churches. Tokugawa
himself was an ardent Confucianist, who
organized his son's government on strict
Confucian principles. (See also Japan article).