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Shogun by Sadler, A.L.

ISBN: 9784805310427 PUBLISHER: Tuttle Shokai Inc FORMAT: Paperback / softback PAGES: 352 PUBLICATION DATE: 15.08.2009 DIMENSIONS: 20.42 x 15.49 x 2.46 centimetres

DESCRIPTION: In the course of Japanese history there have been five great military leaders who by common consent stand out above others of their type. Of these, two lived in the twelfth century, while the other three, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, were contemporary in the latter half of the sixteenth century. The last of these three, with whose life Mr. Sadler deals, may well be described as having perfected the shogunate system. Not only did Ieyasu found a dynasty of rulers and organize a powerful system of government, but also he rounded off his achievements by contriving before his death to arrange for his deification afterwards. Japan's feudal age came to a close in 1868 with the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the restoration of the Emperor to political power. The event marked the end of the powerful regime that Ieyasu established at the beginning of the seventeenth century. That it did not at the same time mark the eclipse of Ieyasu's greatness is sufficient testimony to the major role he played in his country' history. Since its initial appearance, A. L. Sadler's imposing biography of the famous Japanese Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu has been recognized as an outstanding contribution to the knowledge of Japanese history. It is also considered the standard reference work on the period that saw the entrenchment of feudalism in Japan and the opening of some two and a half centuries of rigid isolation from the

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