Tokugawa shogunate

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Tokugawa shogunate 徳川幕府
1603–1868
Flag Mon of Tokugawa family
Capital	Edo
Government
• Emperor	Go-Yōzei (first) Meiji (last)
• Shōgun	Tokugawa Ieyasu (first) Tokugawa Yoshinobu (last)
Establishment
• Battle of Sekigahara	21 October 1600[1]
• Shogunate established by Tokugawa Ieyasu	1603
• Meiji Restoration	3 January 1868
Preceded by Succeeded by Azuchi–Momoyama period Tokugawa clan Empire of Japan Republic of Ezo

The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the Tokugawa bakufu (徳川幕府), and the Edo bakufu (江戸幕府), was a feudal Japanese military government.^[2] The heads of government were the shoguns.^[3] Each was a member of the Tokugawa family.^[4]

These years are known as the Edo period. The period takes its name from the city where the Tokugawa shoguns lived.^[5] This time is also called the Tokugawa period^[2] or pre-modern (Kinsei).^[6]

1. ↑ "The Story of the Battle of Sekigahara". Retrieved 2021-05-28.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 978. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
3. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 878–879. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
4. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 976. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
5. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
6. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 525. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.