The drama series depicts the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616). Takechiyo (who later becomes Tokugawa Ieyasu) was born as the son of a poor and powerless daimyo.

The drama, based on a novel by Keiichiro Ryu, tells an alternative history in which the historical shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu is killed at the Battle of Sekigahara and his double Jirosaburo Serada ...

A couple of hours north by train from Tokyo, nestled in a national park, stands Nikko Toshogu shrine, a grand tribute to Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616), the founding figure behind the Tokugawa ...

Actor Sakae Takita, who played Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) in the Japan Broadcasting Corp.'s (NHK) year-long "taiga" historical TV drama series in 1983, once explained that after a full year of ...