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Which clan captured Tokugawa Ieyasu while he was traveling to the Imagawa family?

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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.

While Tokugawa Ieyasu was traveling to the Imagawa family to serve as a hostage, he was captured by the rival Oda clan. He was held by the Oda for two years before being released to the Imagawa.12