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Iyeyasu

American  
[ee-ye-yah-soo] / ˈi jɛˈjɑ su /
Or Ieyasu

noun

  1. Tokugawa 1542–1616, Japanese general and public servant.


Iyeyasu British  
/ ˌiːjeɪˈjɑːsuː /

noun

  1. Tokugawa (ˌtɒkuːˈɡɑːwə). 1542–1616, Japanese general and statesman; founder of the Tokugawa shogunate (1603–1867)

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It is for his political genius that Iyeyasu particularly deserves fame.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris

As to the organisation of what Hideyoshi had roughly put together, it was reserved for the prudent intelligence of Iyeyasu to accomplish.

From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Katsuro Hara

Prior, however, to the undertaking of the Emperor, Iyeyasu, as ex-Shogun, ordered reprints to be made with copper types at his residential town of Sumpu, now called Shidzuoka, in the province of Suruga.

From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Katsuro Hara

It is also highly probable that the new facilities for trade offered by the advent of the Dutch and English may have had some influence upon the action of Iyeyasu.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Rossiter Johnson

The blocks, however, which were only rough-cut by the latter, were left unfinished, awaiting the final touch of wise and prudent Iyeyasu.

From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Katsuro Hara

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