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How long was Tokugawa Ieyasu held by the Oda clan as a child?

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Statue of Tokugawa Ieyasu in ornate robes holding a bow, with arrows on his back, at the Tosho-gu shrine in Nikko, Japan. — Tokugawa Ieyasu Statue of Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Tōshō Shrine in Nikkō, Japan.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was held by the Oda clan for two years as a child.12

While he was being sent as a hostage to the Imagawa family in 1547, members of the rival Oda clan intercepted his entourage and captured him. Following his two-year captivity, he was released to the Imagawa, with whom he spent his subsequent youth in Sumpu.12