Tag: Date

A State of Emergency

The reign of Tokugawa Iemitsu was marked by a general trend toward increasing the shogunate’s power through self-perpetuating bureaucracy. His son Ietsuna’s reign would prove to be a test of the Bakufu’s machinery.

Kanto and Tohoku

After campaigning in Shikoku and Kyushu, the only remaining regions still just outside of Hideyoshi’s grasp were Kanto and Tohoku, who would both soon be brought into line.

Sengoku “States” Part II

This episode broadly covers the developments in the Date, Oda, and Mori Clans during the first half of the 1500s.