The title role in the TV series "Shogun," based on James Clavell's eponymous novel, was modeled on Tokugawa Ieyasu. We reveal ...

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Here’s what you need to know about Tokugawa Ieyasu and William Adams. According to FX, Ieyasu was born at Japan’s Okazaki ...

Shōgun is adapted from James Clavell's 1975 best-selling novel, inspired by the story of the famous Japanese leader Lord ...

She married a powerful samurai, who died not long after. She had likely already met Tokugawa Ieyasu (Toranaga) when he was a hostage of the Imagawa clan. When she was widowed, Tokugawa asked her ...

When asked if they'd return for a season two, Shōgun co-creators (and married couple) Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo share a ...

This power shift ultimately set the stage for the Komaki-Nagakute campaign, where Hideyoshi clashed with Tokugawa Ieyasu. The series will continue to explore how these conflicts shaped Japan’s ...

These famous individuals include Ieyasu Tokugawa, Ryoma Sakamoto, Nobunaga Oda, and Hideyoshi Toyotomi. People are stunned and at the same time go crazy over the endless execution of policies by ...

Each swore to protect the heir and help ensure the Toyotomi clan’s future. Among these allies was Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ieyasu controlled significant territory in northeastern Honshu. Ieyasu’s castle ...

After years of bitter strife, the aging samurai lord Tokugawa Ieyasu finally wrested power from Japan's many warring clans and unified them at the turn of the 17th century. Upon being proclaimed ...