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Portrait or photograph of Tokugawa Ieyasu: Portrait of Tokugawa Ieyasu as a Shintō Deity Tōshō-daigongen. Tokugawa is in his old age.

Virtual Memorial

Tokugawa Ieyasu

A Memory Realm virtual memorial place honoring Tokugawa Ieyasu, remembered for Tokugawa shogunate, Edo period, Japanese state formation.

1543 - 1616Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
Portrait or photograph of Tokugawa Ieyasu: Various Japanese people From left to right of the upper section: Murasaki Shikibu Oda Nobunaga Tokugawa Ieyasu Empero
Various Japanese people From left to right of the upper section: Murasaki Shikibu Oda Nobunaga Tokugawa Ieyasu Emperor Meiji From left to right of the middle section: Hirobumi Itō Kyoww (composition), All images are from Wikipedia Commons. From left to right of the upper section: File:Tosa Mitsuoki 001.jpg File:Odanobunaga.jpg File:Tokugawa Ieyasu2.JPG File:Meiji tenno1.jpg From left to right of the middle section: File:Itô Hirobumi.jpg

Why Tokugawa Ieyasu Is Remembered

Tokugawa Ieyasu is remembered for tokugawa shogunate, edo period, japanese state formation. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this figure remains part of cultural, civic, scientific, or literary memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

A Virtual Memorial in Memory Realm

This Memory Realm memorial hall turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D memorial hall connected to Tokugawa Ieyasu.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Place Context

Nikko, Tochigi, Japan is used as a broad spatial reference for this memorial hall because it is connected to Tokugawa Ieyasu's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Historical Context

Tokugawa Ieyasu was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow Oda subordinate Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The son of a minor daimyo, Ieyasu once lived as a hostage under daimyo Imagawa Yoshimoto on behalf of his father. He later succeeded as daimyo after his father's death, serving as ally, vassal, and general of the Oda clan, and building up his strength under Oda Nobunaga.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.

Photos

Portrait or photograph of Tokugawa Ieyasu: 徳川家康。画名「徳川家康三方ヶ原戦役画像」 Tokugawa Ieyasu Mikatagahara Seneki Gazou . 別名「顰み(しかみ)像」 三方が原の戦いにおいて、武田信玄率いる武田軍に敗れたあと、その経験を忘れない

徳川家康。画名「徳川家康三方ヶ原戦役画像」 Tokugawa Ieyasu Mikatagahara Seneki Gazou . 別名「顰み(しかみ)像」 三方が原の戦いにおいて、武田信玄率いる武田軍に敗れたあと、その経験を忘れないように描かせた肖像画。

anonymous, 徳川美術館所蔵品。 [1], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Tokugawa Ieyasu: "Portrait of Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Nagakute", painted in 17th century, a collection of Tokugawa Art Museum

"Portrait of Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Nagakute", painted in 17th century, a collection of Tokugawa Art Museum.

狩野安信 / Kanō Yasunobu, 『葵 徳川三代 展』NHKプロモーション、2000年4月28日、p. 15。, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Image connected to Tokugawa Ieyasu: Painting in the Tokyo National Museum

Painting in the Tokyo National Museum

Immanuelle, Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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