The family came into being in 1566 when Ieyasu changed his surname to Tokugawa from Matsudaira. The Edo Period marked the family’s heyday. After the Tokugawa Shogunate was toppled and imperial ...
Here’s what you need to know about Tokugawa Ieyasu and William Adams. According to FX, Ieyasu was born at Japan’s Okazaki Castle in 1543. His father and mother divorced when he was only 3 ...