#one of main ruling policy of Ieyasu only completed when Iemitsu is at charge aka two gens later

[rooigseix]

:) oh my god.

The original poem's meaning is to technically criticize Tokugawa, the true understanding of the poem is for those men labored hard to make the rice cake, some end up not even getting to eat the cake. Tokugawa in history technically win in the end because somehow he is lucky enough to be the one sane and live longest among Oda, Toyotomi and Tokugawa. He is not the strongest, but the most patient and in the end outlives others, thus establishes the Tokugawa or in another words, "taking all of the previous unifier's work to his own. (eat the cake)"

Another thing, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is actually the first one unified Japan in 1590, after defeating the Hojo clan with the help Tokugawa's army. And yes before and after that Tokugawa and Toyotomi fights constantly. So to "eat the cake" in history Tokugawa almost lost his second son (Hidetada, who once was kidnapped by Hideyoshi and then used as a truce material aka being Hideyoshi's adopted son under Tokugawa's agreement. Do anyone ever wonder why in the Tokugawa Shogun bloodline Hidetada is the only Shogun with "Hide" in the name?) and lost his grand-daughter (Senhime, married to Hideyori aka Hideyoshi's son and almost killed in the Osaka battle, after that she abandoned the world and entered a convent/temple) among many other things.

(Lol the reason why until 1590 Toyotomi is able to unify Japan is technically because his and Ieyasu's disagreement which leads to constant battle until the lost is so great for both sides they have to reach a truce. And when Hideyoshi dies Ieyasu immediately attacks and takes the throne from Hideyoshi's son :V and that after his granddaughter marries to Hideyoshi's son)

Calling the poem is a prayer will only works if somehow Giotto wants to live long :V. Live long AND peaceful without having to do anything? Sorry the Tokugawa Ieyasu's name doesn't have that meaning :V You don't ask for peaceful life in Sengoku period and after that.

so giotto's japanese name, ieyasu, was probably given by asari, based on tokugawa ieyasu

there's this famous saying in japan "nobunaga piled the rice, hideyoshi kneaded the dough, and tokugawa ate the cake" in reference to how nobunaga laid down the foundation for the unification of japan, with hideyoshi furthering the work, while tokugawa became the first shogun of a unified japan

and maybe, maybe it's a prayer from asari

a prayer for the man who worked so hard for everyone's sake only to be betrayed. a prayer for the broken person who they had to coax to abandon the rotting carcass that is vongola

a prayer for giotto to be able to sit down and eat his cake without having to do anything anymore