Tokugawa Shogunate
n. Tokugawa bakufu, Edo Bakufu, era in Japan from 1603 to 1868 | ||||
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Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa bakufu (徳川幕府), or Edo bakufu (江戸幕府), was a feudal military dictatorship of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family. This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city of Edo, now Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo castle until the Meiji Restoration.
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