It is now commonly believed that he really died from cancer due to the timing of his last "recorded" Tempura meal. Also, Tempura was banned from the royal kitchen for a while, adding to the mystique, but actually there was just this one maid who started a fire and they didn't want her burning the place down.
FizzlePopBerryTwist OP t1_j9nrav1 wrote
Reply to TIL Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, who started the persecution of Catholics, died in 1616 and for many centuries it was believed to be from over-eating tempura, a dish invented by Catholics during Lent while they were visiting Japan in 1543, which was the same year the Shogun had been born. (Maybe Cancer) by FizzlePopBerryTwist
It is now commonly believed that he really died from cancer due to the timing of his last "recorded" Tempura meal. Also, Tempura was banned from the royal kitchen for a while, adding to the mystique, but actually there was just this one maid who started a fire and they didn't want her burning the place down.