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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. ...
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.
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.
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). [89] 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 ...
Toggle Modern period subsection. 3.1 Meiji period. 3.1.1 First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) ... Unification by Tokugawa Ieyasu. Siege of Shiroishi (1600)
The Tokugawa period began when the Imperial Court appointed Ieyasu shōgun in 1603, starting the Tokugawa shogunate. [23] Japan's imperial seat and official capital remained in Kyoto, but the Emperor was virtually powerless; Ieyasu was the effective ruler of Japan, and Edo became powerful as the capital. [20] [28] [29]