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Two and a Half Years After Winning the Battle of sekigahara... Why Didn't Tokugawa Ieyasu Become Shogun Immediately?

February 12th, 1603 (March 24th, 1603) was the day Tokugawa Ieyasu was appointed Seii Taishogun, but there is one puzzling aspect to this appointment. Why did it take Ieyasu approximately two and a half years after winning the Battle of Sekigahara before he became Shogun? Considering that he had won a decisive battle for the fate of the country, isn't this a little too late? If he hadn't become the new Shogun at least six months to a year later,…
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February 12th, 1603 (March 24th, 1603) was the day Tokugawa Ieyasu was appointed Seii Taishogun, but there is one puzzling aspect to this appointment. Why did it take Ieyasu approximately two and a half years after winning the Battle of Sekigahara before he became Shogun? Considering that he had won a decisive battle for the fate of the country, isn't this a little too late? If he hadn't become the new Shogun at least six months to a year later,…

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BUSHOO!JAPAN(武将ジャパン) broke the news in on Tuesday, February 10, 2026.
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