The Maker of Modern Japan : The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu founded a dynasty of rulers, organized a system of government and set in train the re-orientation of the religion of Japan so that he would take the premier place in it. Calm, capable and entirely fearless, Ieyasu deliberately brought the opposition to a head and crushed in a decisive battle, after which he made himself Shogun, despite not being from the Minamoto clan. He organized the Japanese legal and educational systems and encouraged trade with Europe (playing off the Protestant powers of Holland and England against Catholic Spain and Portugal). This book remains one of the few volumes on Tokugawa Ieyasu which draws on more material from Japanese sources than quotations from the European documents from his era and is therefore much more accurate and thorough in its examination of the life and legacy of one of the greatest Shoguns. Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Original Title 6 Original Copyright 7 PREFACE 10 CONTENTS 12 INTRODUCTION 18 I. THE PEDIGREE OF THE TOKUGAWAS 40 II. TAKECHIYO 43 III. MATSUDAIRA MOTONOBU. MOTOYASU. THE BATTLE OF OKE-HAZAMA 51 IV. IEYASU QUELLS THE MONTO SECT 66 V. TOKUGAWA IEYASU. LORD OF MIKAWA AND TŌTŌMI 77 VI. THE RETREAT FROM ECHIZEN AND THE BATTLE OF THE ANEGAWA 84 VII. MIKATA-GA-HARA 88 VIII. KURODA JŌSUI, OR SIMON KONDERA 97 IX. IEYASU’S FAMILY TRAGEDY 99 X. NAGASHINO AND THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF TAKEDA 106 XI. DEATH OF NOBUNAGA. IEYASU’S FLIGHT THROUGH IGA 122 XII. IEYASU GETS KAI AND SHINANO 126 XIII. LORD OF FIVE PROVINCES. IEYASU OPPOSES HIDEYOSHI 129 XIV. THE KOMAKI CAMPAIGN 134 XV. AFTER KOMAKI 140 XVI. ISOLATION OF IEYASU 145 XVII. IEYASU’S SECOND MARRIAGE AND ALLIANCE WITH HŌJŌ 149 XVIII. HIS SUBMISSION TO HIDEYOSHI. HE VISITS THE CAPITAL 154 XIX. THE KWANTO CAMPAIGN 161 XX. IEYASU ENTERS EDO 172 XXI. THE KOREAN CAMPAIGN AND DEATH OF HIDEYOSHI 185 XXII. THE SEKIGAHARA CAMPAIGN 194 XXIII. HOSOKAWA TADAOKI, HIS WIFE, AND HIS FATHER 209 XXIV. KURODA JŌSUI AND KYUSHU 228 XXV. THE BUILDING OF EDO 237 XXVI. THE COMING OF THE DUTCH 248 XXVII. IEYASU AND NEW SPAIN 252 XXVIII. LUCHU AND FORMOSA 261 XXIX. THE “MADRE DE DIOS” AFFAIR 264 XXX. THE FALL OF OKUBO TADACHIKA 269 XXXI. THE ENGLISH COMPANY 276 XXXII. DATE MASAMUNE’S MISSION TO EUROPE 282 XXXIII. IEYASU AND HIDEYORI 287 XXXIV. OSAKA. THE WINTER CAMPAIGN 294 XXXV. THE SUMMER CAMPAIGN 303 XXXVI. HONAMI KŌ-ETSU 312 XXXVII. THE THREE JINNAI OF EDO 317 XXXVIII. LITERARY TASTE OF THE MIKADO AND SHOGUN 322 XXXIX. THE HONDAS 332 XL. DEATH OF IEYASU 337 XLI. IEYASU’S FAMILY 349 XLII. IEYASU'S PERSONAL HABITS AND VIEWS 361 XLIII. TOKUGAWA LEGISLATION 389 XLIV. THE LEGACY OF IEYASU 401 APPENDICES 416 BIBLIOGRAPHY 428 INDEX 430