Ruthlessness, resolve, and luck all brought Tokugawa Ieyasu to power in 1603 as he unified Japan after centuries of samurai strife and civil war.

Adams would spend the next 20 years in Japan, initially forbidden by Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu to leave the country.

A new adaptation offers a fresh take on James Clavell's 1975 novel, which fictionalizes the stories of English sailor William Adams, shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu and Japanese noblewoman Hosokawa Gracia ...

We started the year in Japan, where annual historical taiga drama What Will You Do, Ieyasu? was generating hype long before Shogun. NHK Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand ...

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 ...

Shogun: The facts behind the fiction A new exhibition at the Royal Armouries museum in Leeds explores the extraordinary career of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the man who unified Japan and inspired a ...

Lord Yoshii Toranaga is based on the real-life shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, who claimed to be a direct descendant of the esteemed Minamoto clan.

Far from the battlefield brute, Ishida Mitsunari was a brilliant strategist who dared to challenge Tokugawa Ieyasu—and paid the ultimate price at Sekigahara.

In July 1600, Tokugawa Ieyasu headed a huge army on the way to Aizu (now Fukushima Prefecture) with the aim of subduing the domain’s leader, Uesugi Kagekatsu, for disrespecting his authority. In ...

The drama series depicts the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616). Takechiyo (who later becomes Tokugawa Ieyasu) was born as the son of a poor and powerless daimyo ...