Tonaraga’s historical counterpart is Tokugawa Ieyasu, the third great unifier of Japan during the Sengoku period. His lineage was said to descend from the shoguns of the Minamoto Shogunate.

The title role in the TV series "Shogun," based on James Clavell's eponymous novel, was modeled on Tokugawa Ieyasu. We reveal ...

Lord Yoshii Toranaga is based on the real-life shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, who claimed to be a direct descendant of the esteemed Minamoto clan. Without saying it, Toranaga needs Blackthorne to defeat ...

The following seasons won't be as fun Toranaga is based on the real-life Tokugawa Ieyasu who likewise rose through politics and combat to become Shogun. That's going to be a problem to dramatize ...

It is true that Toranaga is based on Tokugawa Ieyasu, one of Japan's most significant historical figures. From 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Ieyasu was the founder and first shogun of ...

On Sunday, the FX series Shogun won the Emmy for Best Drama, marking the first time a non-English-language series has claimed the award in this category. The last foreign language film to be nominated ...

Hiroyuki Sanada as Lord Yoshii Toranaga: Based on Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, Toranaga was one of the five Regents of Japan before resigning. He seems to have his sights on restoring the shogunate in ...

It stars Hiroyuki Sanada as Lord Toranaga, a figure reminiscent of a real-life shōgun (military ruler) of Japan, Tokugawa ...

Shogun is renewed for seasons 2 and 3 ... the added benefit of pulling from real-life events and the rise of Tokugawa Ieyasu's shogunate, which is the basis of Hiroyuki Sanada's Lord Toranaga's ...

The Sekigahara Campaign jumps Total War: Shogun 2's campaign forward in history ... warlord Oda Nobunaga and his ally Tokugawa Ieyasu won a string of victories until he was betrayed and ...

"Shogun" has already enjoyed significant success ... a character based on Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616), the founder of Tokugawa Shogunate. The series is primarily in Japanese and has been praised ...