Sunpu, Suruga Province

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Sunpu in Suruga Province was a prominent castle town and political center in Japan’s Sengoku and early Edo periods, historically notable as the retirement residence and death place of shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu.

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Sunpu, Suruga Province canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf castle town
political center
associatedWith Tokugawa Ieyasu NERFINISHED
Tokugawa clan NERFINISHED
controlledBy Imagawa clan NERFINISHED
Takeda clan NERFINISHED
Tokugawa clan NERFINISHED
country Japan
function administrative center of Suruga Province
governedBy Sunpu jōdai (castle governor) during Edo period
hasPart Sunpu Castle NERFINISHED
hasStructure castle town grid layout
historicalEra Azuchi–Momoyama period NERFINISHED
Edo period NERFINISHED
historicalRole base of power for Tokugawa Ieyasu in central Japan
historicalSignificance important Tokugawa secondary capital
language Japanese
locatedIn Suruga Province NERFINISHED
Tōkaidō region NERFINISHED
modernLocation Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan NERFINISHED
notableEvent death of Tokugawa Ieyasu
periodOfProminence Sengoku period NERFINISHED
early Edo period
predecessorOf modern city of Shizuoka
regionType urban settlement
relatedTo Sengoku-period warfare in central Japan
Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED
Tōkaidō post-station network NERFINISHED
servedAs political center of Tokugawa shogunate
retirement residence of Tokugawa Ieyasu
strategicFeature located along the Tōkaidō highway
near Suruga Bay

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Tokugawa Ieyasu placeOfDeath Sunpu, Suruga Province