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([personal profile] deralte Jul. 3rd, 2003 12:24 am)
Have named my new laptop, Ieyasu btw:) Yes, I know I'm a Japanese historical geek...

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So I have to ask - who was Ieyasu? What did he/she do?

Way cooler name than the one I chose for my laptop - El Diablo. But then, mine was named for appropriate reasons ...
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Tokugawa Ieyasu (Ieyasu being his first name) was the great leader and founder of the Tokugawa era of Japan which lasted about 300 years (ending in the late 1800s) and was a great achievement since Japan had gone through 400 years of war before he came along, though in reality he built it up on the work of the war lord, Oda Nobunaga and his lietenant Hideyoshi, but they died and he lived on, so he gets all the credit:)

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Oh, I see. Sorry to seem such a pleb but I'm wholly ignorant of Japanese history I'm afraid!

V. intersting though - thanks!
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No worries. I didn't expect anyone to know. I have the advantage of having been through an East Asian Civilization course, not to mention I research this stuff on my own for fun:)
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