Among Tokugawa Ieyasu's descendants, the Owari family started from Yoshinao, the Kii family started from Yorinobu, and the Mito family started from Yorifusa. These three families are collectively called the Tokugawa Gosan family. But was the Yusan family only born to assist General Bi's family, or to supplement the general's successors? Historian Atsushi Kawai thinks this view is completely wrong. In this work, Atsushi Kawai reveals the hidden ambitions of the Gosan family and the overt and covert struggles among the shogunate, shoguns and the Gosan family over power and the shogun's successor during the three hundred years of Tokugawa rule.
Reader comments
The writing style of this book is very rigorous, the writing is smooth, and the story is fascinating. Through reading, I learned about the complex relationship and power struggle between the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Gosan Family. The author's unique point of view gave me a deeper understanding of this period of history. Recommended to friends who are interested in Japanese history.
The writing style of this book is very rigorous, the writing is smooth, and the story is fascinating. Through reading, I learned about the complex relationship and power struggle between the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Gosan Family. The author's unique point of view gave me a deeper understanding of this period of history. Recommended to friends who are interested in Japanese history.