The founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. His base was Edo (now Tokyo). In 1600, at Sekigahara, he defeated daimyo loyal to Hideyoshi’s son Hideyori. Appointed shogun in 1603, he abdicated two years later, but still controlled affairs. In 1615 Hideyori and his retainers, after a hard siege, committed suicide in their moated castle in Osaka. Ieyasu then executed Hideyoshi’s grandson, Kunimatsu. Hideyoshi’s line was extinct, Ieyasu’s power complete.