Tokugawa shogunate
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Tokugawa shogunate 徳川幕府 | |||||||||||||
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1603–1868 | |||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
3 January 1868 | |||||||||||||
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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]
History
In 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu took office as Shogun, and established a military government in Edo, now Tokyo.[2]
List of the Tokugawa shoguns
- Tokugawa Ieyasu, r. 1603–1605[7]
- Tokugawa Hidetada, r. 1605–1623[4]
- Tokugawa Iemitsu, r. 1623–1651[4]
- Tokugawa Ietsuna, r. 1651–1680[8]
- Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, r. 1680–1709[9]
- Tokugawa Ienobu, r. 1709–1712[8]
- Tokugawa Ietsugu, r. 1713–1716[2]
- Tokugawa Yoshimune, r. 1716–1745[9]
- Tokugawa Ieshige, r. 1745–1760[8]
- Tokugawa Ieharu, r. 1760–1786[4]
- Tokugawa Ienari, r. 1787–1837[8]
- Tokugawa Ieyoshi, r. 1837–1853[2]
- Tokugawa Iesada, r. 1853–1858[8]
- Tokugawa Iemochi, r. 1858–1866[8]
- Tokugawa Yoshinobu, r. 1866–1867[10]
Tokugawa Shogunate Media
Edo Castle, 17th century
Dutch trading post in Dejima, c. 1805
Sakuradamon Gate of Edo Castle where Ii Naosuke was assassinated in 1860
Samurai of the Shimazu clan
Related pages
References
- ↑ "The Story of the Battle of Sekigahara". Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 978. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 878–879. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 976. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 525. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 977–978. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 977. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 979. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 979–780. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
Other websites
Media related to Tokugawa Shoguns at Wikimedia Commons
- Political system of the Tokugawa Shogunate Archived 2008-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
- SengokuDaimyo.com website of Anthony J. Bryant on Japan
- Japan