Tokugawa Hidetada

Tokugawa Hidetada (徳川 秀忠 (May 2, 1579-March 14, 1632) was the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Tokugawa bakufu.

Cloistered Shogun Hidetada (1623-1632)

In 1623, Hidetada abdicated the shogunate in favor of his eldest son and heir, Tokugawa Iemitsu. Like his father before him, Hidetada became Ogosho, or Retired Shogun. He retired to Edo but retained effective power as Retired Shogun. Nonetheless, he took heavy anti-Christian measures, which Ieyasu thought of but never put in place. He banned Christian books from entering the country, and executed 55 Christians (both Japanese and foreign) in Nagasaki in 1628. He died in 1632, at the age of 53.

Related Topics:
1623 - Tokugawa Iemitsu - Nagasaki - 1628

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Hidetada lacked the political charisma of both his father and his son.

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