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Where was Tokugawa Ieyasu born?

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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 born in Okazaki, Japan, on January 31, 1543. He was born into the family of a local warrior situated several miles east of modern Nagoya.1