How Good was Tokugawa Ieyasu

[@AntonyCummins]

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[@X50lions]

I paused this like 3 times to see what the noise was wasn't till later that I remembered your dog likes to snore haha. Great vid as Aaways man.

[@highchamp1]

Dramas (TV & Movies) Change of character. (from good main character to bad opposition) Hard to judge by. One day it will be possible to know.

[@alittlepuertoricanboy1993]

Ieyasu being an opportunist partly is why he was a good commander. He had great men, many of his enemies' retainers joined him and served him faithfully, and he expanded upon both the policies that Nobunaga and Hideyoshi laid out. I think it speaks for itself.

[@tochiro6902]

Thank you that is a very interesting topic.👍

[@-RONNIE]

Thanks for the video

[@siegebug]

The fewer of these Warlords the better. The collective work of scientist during the enlightenment did more for humans than the temporary lands these barbarian held.

[@blackswordshinobi]

Tokugawa Ieyasu was fair leader he have good tactics

[@nsadow00067]

For the numbers of dead question--I don't think we can use modern standards to judge someone 400 years in the past. It is entirely possible that his destruction set into motion a modern world that was overall beneficial to humanity somehow. We just have no way to compare. Because any comparison is apples to oranges. He was good at organization--organizing a military. He ideally wanted to take the country without bloodshed or minimize it. He wanted to use politics to take over Japan. But his foolish son forced his hand in a series of events.

[@warrennass24]

I believe the reason why Tokugawa was the ultimate victor because he simply had the best people under him.

[@charlesghannoumlb2959]

I think he was both a good tactitian and a good oppurtunist coz even if the oppurtunity oresented itself and the guy was an imbicile or wasnt a good tactitian he couldnt benifit from it

[@kenjones9326]

I'm leaning more towards Ieyasu being an opportunist. Took careful measures and lives to solidify his family's standing as the last shogunate prior to the Restoration. The establishment of the metsuke seemed unreal when I started to do some light research on the matter.

[@coxscorner]

He was a political animal who knew how to survive and obtain power. Also he was a fine swordsman and warrior.

[@thedragonofechigo7878]

Anthony, do you know any comprehensive books on samurai cavalry and Hatamoto. Ieyasu not only had great military acumen but knew how to organize his army, he knew the capabilities of each of his generals such as Sakai Tadatsugu, Honda Tadakatsu, Shibata Yasutada, Ii Naomasa, Sakakibara Yasumasa etc.. Don't need to mention most of them since there's too many to recall beyond ieyasus the 4 famous Shitenno. His relations with Nobunaga helped a great deal since the Imagawa and Takeda fell during Nobunaga's time which, in turn, helped Tokugawa ieyasu in terms the threat of being attacked from the rear nullified and new territories gained although the Hojo were still a threat but of course, not one that Ieyasu couldn't deal with alone if military action was taken but it was settled amicably through the political means. Because of this, from a diplomatic standpoint, he knew how to judge his next move carefully based on the times of the country. He was also very good at diplomatic means that seems to be benefit both parties such as the marriages he orchestrated between the Tokugawa/Matsudaira and various Daimyo even though this was not allowed in 1599 as one of Hideyoshis policies. He seems to be more of an opportunist and a good judge of the times but here's the thing, from a moral standpoint, his decisions were ultimately for the security and longevity of his family and for some men, they'll do anything to get it done. He was a man of his times, brutal, terrible and turbulent times where thousands armies of low ranking samurai and soldiers went to war for the glory of one commander and a select number of his vassals. The total estimates of the people that were killed by the directives of these three men are always up for discussion but I'd say out of three, Hideyoshi definitely had a hand in the most amount of casualties especially during his conquests in the Toyama campaign, Shikoku, Kyushu, Kanto, suppressing in rebellions Oshu and then Korea twice especially the size of the armies he used all in the span of 10 years. The word "good" implies that he lived up to some standard but I can't find in myself to judge him based on objective morality since again, as said above, he was a man of chaotic and brutal times. All in all he was a human being and I can't say I would've been better if I was in his position.

[@AntonyCummins]

The only work I use on that is my Natori translation because it’s all we have in English. And end of the Bansenshukai

[@thedragonofechigo7878]

@@AntonyCummins appreciate it and thank you for your insight in this video

[@SengokuStudies]

When I was an undergraduate (my fist semester really) I did a paper about hatamoto. Turnbull has a book focused on hatamoto. It is Turnbull, but it is the only semi-lengthy work on hatamoto in English that I know of.

[@thedragonofechigo7878]

@@SengokuStudies yeah I do have the book as well as his book on samurai heraldry but it's not enough

[@SengokuStudies]

@@thedragonofechigo7878 That is the most extensive work that I know of in English you will find on hatamoto.

[@nsadow00067]

tactician vs opportunist--two sides of the same coin?

[@elshebactm6769]

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[@tinom8673]

Is someone snoring in the background?

[@AntonyCummins]

Dog

[@tinom8673]

@@AntonyCummins Ah, lol. Was lying down listening, kept synching to my breathing. Thought I was going nuts for a minute.