Hidetada
Hidetada, commonly known as Tokugawa Hidetada, was the second shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. Born in 1579, he was the eldest son of Tokugawa Ieyasu and succeeded his father as shogun in 1605, ruling until his abdication in 1623. He died in 1632.
During his tenure, Hidetada helped consolidate Tokugawa authority in the early Edo period, reinforcing the centralized
A major event of his governance was the Osaka Campaign (1614–1615), which defeated the Toyotomi clan and
Hidetada abdicated in 1623 in favor of his son Iemitsu, who succeeded him as shogun. He died
In modern usage, Hidetada is a masculine given name in Japan, most famously borne by this shogun,