Ieyasu

In a previous interview with The Times, Sanada discussed his admiration for Tokugawa Ieyasu, the real-life shōgun on whom Toranaga is based.

He became a prolific presence in Japanese film and television, eventually even playing Tokugawa Ieyasu, the man on whom his “Shōgun” character is based, in the 1992 TV production “Oda Nobunaga.”

One of the first is a private tour of Nijo Castle, the residence of Japan’s first shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, conveniently located next to the hotel.

A grandson of clan patriarch and dynasty founder Tokugawa Ieyasu, Iemitsu is mainly remembered for the Sakoku Edict of 1635.

However inflated his self-esteem, Ieyasu was no run-of-the-mill warlord.