Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun: A Biography

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Biography of one of Japan's most important leaders with descriptions of 17th century Japan. Table of Contents Maps Introduction Part I. The Fifth Year of Keicho (1600) I. Rumors of War- A Legacy Founders II. Interlude-A “Brabbling Japon" Meets Some “Red-hairs” III. Voices of War, Old and New IV. Working Heaven’s Will-The Ways of Young Men and Old V. Bedroom Politica-The Thinking Man’s Choice VI. The Art of Military Investment VII. Deployment for War-Principles, Preparation, and Payoff VIII. Sekigahara-War as Politics IX. Making Peace-Politics as War Part II. The Sixteenth Year of Keicho (1611) X. Routines of the New Year XI. Returns from New Connections XII. The King-Maker at Work XIII. Establishing the Way-Utilitarian and Universal Part III. The Nineteenth Year of Keicho (1614) XIV. The Stench of Sedition XV. Of Children and Courtiers XVI. The Quest for Eternal Order XVII. Crisis in the Established Order Part IV. The First Year of Gen’na (1615) XVIII. Rituals and Reckonings of the New Year XIX. Hideyori Confronted XX. Hideyori Confounded XXI. Ordering the Realm XXII. Last Flight of the Falcon Ieyasu’s Offspring Ieyasu’s Chinese References Source Citations Acknowledgments Map Acknowledgments Further Reading Index