If the cuckoo will not sing, wait until it does.
堪忍は無事長久の基、怒りは敵と思え。
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The founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate
The founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate, who achieved through patience what others sought through force (1543-1616). After decades of subordination, strategic waiting, and calculated alliance-building, Ieyasu won the decisive Battle of Sekigahara and established a dynasty that ruled Japan in peace for 260 years.
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