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Tokugawa Hidetada, 徳川秀忠, (1579
-
1632) was the 2nd
Tokugawa shogun who reigned from
1605 to
1623 during the early
Edo period of
Japan. He was third son of the founder and first
shogun of the
Tokugawa shogunate,
Tokugawa Ieyasu.
His father Ieyasu, after seizing control of Japan in
1600 from the rival Toyotomi clan and two years after establishing the
shogunate at
Edo in
1603, relinquished the title of
Seii Taishogun to Hidetada in 1605. By establishing a precedent of
dynastic succession, the Tokugawa, in the same manner as the
Minamoto and
Ashikaga, proclaimed and justified the supremacy of the shogunate.
Despite relinquishing the title, Ieyasu still held supreme power in the
position of
Ogosho until his death in
1616.
As shogun, Hidetada took part in the
Winter Siege of Osaka in
1614 and the
Summer Siege of Osaka in
1615 which finally destroyed the last of the rival Toyotomi clan.
Later in 1615, the shogunate established laws governing the
samurai (the
buke shohatto laws) and imperial court (the
kuge shohatto laws).
Hidetada relinquished the title of shogun in 1623 to his second son
Tokugawa Iemitsu, however, he still maintained power as Ogosho
like his father Ieyasu until his death in 1632.
Preceded by:
Tokugawa Ieyasu |
Tokugawa shoguns |
Succeeded by:
Tokugawa Iemitsu |
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