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The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai), also known as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代, Tokugawa jidai), is the period between 1603 and 1868 [1] in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.
The Tokugawa shogunate declined during the Bakumatsu period from 1853 and was overthrown by supporters of the Imperial Court in the Meiji Restoration in 1868. The Empire of Japan was established under the Meiji government , and Tokugawa loyalists continued to fight in the Boshin War until the defeat of the Republic of Ezo at the Battle of ...
4.1 Timeline. 5 Azuchi–Momoyama period (1568–1600) ... from the beginning of the Asuka period in 709 until the end of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868. ...
Bakumatsu (幕末, ' End of the bakufu ') were the final years of the Edo period when the Tokugawa shogunate ended.Between 1853 and 1867, under foreign diplomatic and military pressure, Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy known as sakoku and changed from a feudal Tokugawa shogunate to the modern empire of the Meiji government.
Tokugawa Ieyasu [a] [b] (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; [c] January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
The Edo period began in 1603 when Tokugawa Ieyasu was given the title of sei-i taishōgun (征夷大将軍, shogun) and established the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo (now Tokyo). [86] Ieyasu set a precedent in 1605 when he retired as shogun in favour of his son Tokugawa Hidetada , though he maintained power from behind the scenes as Ōgosho ...
The Edo period starts after Tokugawa Ieyasu received from Emperor Go-Yōzei the title of shōgun. The town of Edo became the de facto capital of Japan and center of political power. This was after Tokugawa Ieyasu established the bakufu headquarters in Edo. Kyoto remained the formal capital of the country. November: Rokugō Rebellion: 1605: 3 ...
Forces loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, clans of Eastern Japan; Western Army Forces loyal to Ishida Mitsunari, many clans from Western Japan; Eastern Army victory. Tokugawa clan gains nominal control of all Japan; Edo period; Invasion of Ryukyu (1609) Satsuma Domain Ryūkyū Kingdom: Satsuma victory. The Ryukyu Kingdom becomes a Japanese vassal state.