Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu became the founder of the Tokugawa dynasty of Japanese shoguns during the turmoil after the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He defeated his rivals at the [battle of Sekigahara]? in 1600, seized power and revived the title of shogun that had been abandoned by Oda and Toyotomi.

The Tokugawa shogunate he founded would endure until the mid-19th century, and while it would be a time of strict seclusion from the outside world, it would also be a period of peace and stability.

Lived: 1543-1616
Reigned: 1603-1605