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Tokugawa Ieyasu (previously spelled Iyeyasu; å¾³å· å®¶åº·) (January 31, 1543 â June 1, 1616) was a Japanese warrior and the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.okugawa Ieyasu (previously spelled Iyeyasu; å¾³å· å®¶åº·) (January 31, 1543 â June 1, 1616) was a Japanese warrior and the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.