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Quote by Ieyasu Tokugawa

“Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.”

Quote by Ieyasu Tokugawa

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Ieyasu Tokugawa
Ieyasu Tokugawa

Ieyasu Tokugawa, the first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate and the son adopted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, was born on January 31, 1543, and died on June 1, 1616. Rising from the战国 period, he unified Japan through a series of military and political maneuvers, establishing the Tokugawa shogunate and initiating the Edo period, which lasted for 265 years. more

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