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The Tokugawa clan, which produced successive shogun rulers throughout the Edo Period (1603-1867), will hold a ceremony Jan. 29 to formally anoint its first new head in more than half a century.
Lord Yoshii Toranaga is based on the real-life shÅ gun Tokugawa Iyeasu, who is considered one of the three great unifiers of Japan. Tokugawa Ieyasu became shÅ gun in 1603, right around the time ...
Tokugawa Ieyasu was not a young man when he became shogun in 1603. His rise to power was long and slow, a journey that had begun when he was just 15 years old.
The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of stability, the need for them faded, forcing these warriors to find a new way ...
After the Meiji Restoration brought an end to the shogunate in 1868, Tokugawa Yoshinobu relinquished the headship of the Tokugawa clan and “the last shōgun” entered a life of retirement. His ...
In this episode, Greg Jenner is joined in seventeenth-century Japan by Dr Satona Suzuki and comedian Ahir Shah to learn all about the Edo period and the Tokugawa shogunate. Show more In this ...