How did the grandchildren of the Tokugawa family view the unique historical drama “What to do, Ieyasu”?

Ieyasu has always been associated with the image of a cunning “raccoon father,” but one past historical drama that overturned this image was “Sanadamaru” (’16), scripted by Koki Mitani. In fact, Iehiro’s favorite character is Ieyasu, played by Masaaki Uchino in “Sanadamaru. He was portrayed as a timid, cautious, small-minded, and pathetic man, especially when he was young. ……

I thought Ieyasu in “Sanadamaru” would be rather correct. In the Warring States period, when the future was uncertain, it was true that people with bad personalities were more likely to survive.

However, there were quite a few Ieyasu fans who were dissatisfied with the way he was portrayed.

The image of Ieyasu as weak-minded, quick to flee, quick to snap, quick to have a stomach ache…

In this sense, the image of Ieyasu in “What to Do About Ieyasu” is similar to the way he is portrayed in “Sanadamaru. I wonder how Ieyasu, who is weak, quick to flee, quick to snap, and quick to get hungry, is portrayed in “Sanadamaru.

I don’t know if he really was like that, but there is enough breadth in his image to make us think that he might have been like that.

Recently, it is said that Ieyasu had acquired Buddhist values and read Chinese classics, but I think Chinese history books were more like how-to books in those days. I think it was possible that Ieyasu may have applied or imitated them as they were.

This seemed like an amazing thing to the uneducated Mikawa people, but it was surprisingly common in the Imagawa family. It is clearly depicted that there was a big cultural gap between those who received higher education at the Imagawa family and those who came to the poor Mikawa region.

Moreover, the fact that Ieyasu was weak-minded does not mean that he was like that, but rather that the situation in Mikawa, which was in a constant state of crisis with Takeda reaching out from the north, Imagawa from the east, and Oda from the west, was all made into a personal problem for the main character. Ieyasu Ieyasu symbolizes the Matsudaira family and the country of Mikawa. When he is in a situation like this, as a flesh-and-blood human being, he really gets a stomach ache (laughs).