After Ieyasu died in 1616, Hidetada started the direct Shogun's rule filling the key Bakufu positions with his own close aides including Tadayo SAKAI and Toshikatsu DOI appointed as Roju (senior councilor of the Tokugawa Shogunate) and displayed his own leadership. 元和 (日本)2年(1616年)に家康が死去したのちは、将軍親政を開始し酒井忠世、土井利勝らを老中として幕府の中枢を自身の側近で固め、自らリーダーシップを発揮する。 |