Tokugawa Ieyasu
In this Japanese name, the family name is "Tokugawa". Tokugawa Ieyasu 徳川家康 1st Tokugawa shogun In office 1603–1605 Monarch Go-Yōzei Preceded by Sengoku period Succeeded by Shogun: Tokugawa Hidetada Personal details Born (1543-01-31)January 31, 1543 Okazaki Castle, Mikawa Died June 1, 1616(1616-06-01) (aged 73) Sunpu, Japan Spouse(s) Lady Tsukiyama Relations Father: Matsudaira Hirotada Mother: Odai-no-kata Children Legitimate: Matsudaira Nobuyasu Kame-hime Illegitimate: Yūki Hideyasu Toku-hime Tokugawa Hidetada Others The Tokugawa clan crest Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川 家康?, January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Ieyasu seized power in 1600, received appointment as shogun in 1603, abdicated from office in 1605, but remained in power until his death in 1616. His given name is sometimes spelled Iyeyasu, according to the historical pronunciation of we. Ieyasu was posthumously enshrined at Nikkō Tōshō-gū with the name Tōshō Daigongen (東照大権現?).