Tokugawa Hidetada, Japanese shōgun (died 1632)

Tokugawa Hidetada

Military leader of Japan from 1605 to 1623

Tokugawa Hidetada was the second shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Through his daughter Tokugawa Masako, he was also the maternal grandfather of Empress Meishõ.